Blake Richards

Researcher at Google and CIFAR Fellow, working on the intersection of machine learning and neuroscience in Montréal (academic affiliations: @mcgill.ca and @mila-quebec.bsky.social).

Articles & links

New perspective piece with @mandanas.bsky.social: We argue, based on LLMs and old connectionist theories, that schemas shouldn't be viewed as distinct from semantic or episodic memories. They're just one end of a detailed-to-abstract memory spectrum: www.cell.com/neuron/fullt.…

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Recent commentary

Sanders' proposal for the government to take a 50% stake in AI companies is, IMO, a good idea. AI will be a critical piece of infrastructure, one which should be built with appropriate safe-guards and environmental planning. Trying to cancel AI is foolish - but leaving it to market forces is too.

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