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The architecture challenge: Future artificial-intelligence systems will require sophisticated architectures, and knowledge of the brain might guide their construction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2017

Gianluca Baldassarre ,
Vieri Giuliano Santucci ,
Emilio Cartoni  and
Daniele Caligiore
Gianluca Baldassarre
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Computational Embodied Neuroscience, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council of Italy, Rome, Italy. gianluca.baldassarre@istc.cnr.it vieri.santucci@istc.cnr.it emilio.cartoni@istc.cnr.it daniele.caligiore@istc.cnr.it http://www.istc.cnr.it/people/ http://www.istc.cnr.it/people/gianluca-baldassarre http://www.istc.cnr.it/people/vieri-giuliano-santucci http://www.istc.cnr.it/people/emilio-cartoni http://www.istc.cnr.it/people/daniele-caligiore
Vieri Giuliano Santucci
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Computational Embodied Neuroscience, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council of Italy, Rome, Italy. gianluca.baldassarre@istc.cnr.it vieri.santucci@istc.cnr.it emilio.cartoni@istc.cnr.it daniele.caligiore@istc.cnr.it http://www.istc.cnr.it/people/ http://www.istc.cnr.it/people/gianluca-baldassarre http://www.istc.cnr.it/people/vieri-giuliano-santucci http://www.istc.cnr.it/people/emilio-cartoni http://www.istc.cnr.it/people/daniele-caligiore
Emilio Cartoni
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Computational Embodied Neuroscience, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council of Italy, Rome, Italy. gianluca.baldassarre@istc.cnr.it vieri.santucci@istc.cnr.it emilio.cartoni@istc.cnr.it daniele.caligiore@istc.cnr.it http://www.istc.cnr.it/people/ http://www.istc.cnr.it/people/gianluca-baldassarre http://www.istc.cnr.it/people/vieri-giuliano-santucci http://www.istc.cnr.it/people/emilio-cartoni http://www.istc.cnr.it/people/daniele-caligiore
Daniele Caligiore
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Computational Embodied Neuroscience, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council of Italy, Rome, Italy. gianluca.baldassarre@istc.cnr.it vieri.santucci@istc.cnr.it emilio.cartoni@istc.cnr.it daniele.caligiore@istc.cnr.it http://www.istc.cnr.it/people/ http://www.istc.cnr.it/people/gianluca-baldassarre http://www.istc.cnr.it/people/vieri-giuliano-santucci http://www.istc.cnr.it/people/emilio-cartoni http://www.istc.cnr.it/people/daniele-caligiore
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Abstract

In this commentary, we highlight a crucial challenge posed by the proposal of Lake et al. to introduce key elements of human cognition into deep neural networks and future artificial-intelligence systems: the need to design effective sophisticated architectures. We propose that looking at the brain is an important means of facing this great challenge.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 40 , 2017 , e254
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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