Roughly ordered list of topics I’m curious about. Brainstormed from conversations, papers and websites.
Cog sci.
- Limits. Limits of physical computation, information input and export from the brain
- Scaling behaviour.
- Self-organization in artificial life, such as how NEAT (2002) organizes topology, but use more modern frameworks
- the perception-action-learning loop
- neural representations in the hippocampal formation
- Under what conditions does a learning agent form a first person self? How can we define a minimal self and test for self-models?
- How can we build mathematical models for cultural learning and the ratchet effect
- Continuous anytime learning
- How could we teach transferable learning to anyone? What is the maximum learning rate. Why?
- Self-model and world model interaction
- Minimal self-improving models
- What is the role of embodiment for formation of a mind. Is it necessary? What is missing in platforms such as character.ai compared to robots.
- How to program curiosity?
Transhumanism
- Ways to augment human sensation modalities