The technology, opportunities and challenges of synthetic biological intelligence
Integrating neural cultures developed through synthetic biology methods with digital
computing has enabled the early development of Synthetic Biological Intelligence (SBI) …
computing has enabled the early development of Synthetic Biological Intelligence (SBI) …
[HTML][HTML] Learning with three factors: modulating Hebbian plasticity with errors
Highlights•The three-factor framework describes various learning rules in a unified
way.•Third factors can encode reward, attention, summary statistics, or supervised …
way.•Third factors can encode reward, attention, summary statistics, or supervised …
[HTML][HTML] In vitro neurons learn and exhibit sentience when embodied in a simulated game-world
Integrating neurons into digital systems may enable performance infeasible with silicon
alone. Here, we develop DishBrain, a system that harnesses the inherent adaptive …
alone. Here, we develop DishBrain, a system that harnesses the inherent adaptive …
[HTML][HTML] Organoid intelligence (OI): the new frontier in biocomputing and intelligence-in-a-dish
Biological computing (or biocomputing) offers potential advantages over silicon-based
computing in terms of faster decision-making, continuous learning during tasks, and greater …
computing in terms of faster decision-making, continuous learning during tasks, and greater …
Progressive tandem learning for pattern recognition with deep spiking neural networks
Spiking neural networks (SNNs) have shown clear advantages over traditional artificial
neural networks (ANNs) for low latency and high computational efficiency, due to their event …
neural networks (ANNs) for low latency and high computational efficiency, due to their event …
[HTML][HTML] Canonical neural networks perform active inference
This work considers a class of canonical neural networks comprising rate coding models,
wherein neural activity and plasticity minimise a common cost function—and plasticity is …
wherein neural activity and plasticity minimise a common cost function—and plasticity is …
[HTML][HTML] Experimental validation of the free-energy principle with in vitro neural networks
Empirical applications of the free-energy principle are not straightforward because they
entail a commitment to a particular process theory, especially at the cellular and synaptic …
entail a commitment to a particular process theory, especially at the cellular and synaptic …
[HTML][HTML] Neuronal message passing using Mean-field, Bethe, and Marginal approximations
Neuronal computations rely upon local interactions across synapses. For a neuronal
network to perform inference, it must integrate information from locally computed messages …
network to perform inference, it must integrate information from locally computed messages …
[HTML][HTML] The emergence of synchrony in networks of mutually inferring neurons
This paper considers the emergence of a generalised synchrony in ensembles of coupled
self-organising systems, such as neurons. We start from the premise that any self-organising …
self-organising systems, such as neurons. We start from the premise that any self-organising …
An overview of in vitro biological neural networks for robot intelligence
Z Chen, Q Liang, Z Wei, X Chen, Q Shi… - Cyborg and Bionic …, 2023 - spj.science.org
In vitro biological neural networks (BNNs) interconnected with robots, so-called BNN-based
neurorobotic systems, can interact with the external world, so that they can present some …
neurorobotic systems, can interact with the external world, so that they can present some …