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Brain Inspired

by Paul Middlebrooks
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About the show

Neuroscience and artificial intelligence work better together. Brain inspired is a celebration and exploration of the ideas driving our progress to understand intelligence. I interview experts about their work at the interface of neuroscience, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, philosophy, psychology, and more: the symbiosis of these overlapping fields, how they inform each other, where they differ, what the past brought us, and what the future brings. Topics include computational neuroscience, supervised machine learning, unsupervised learning, reinforcement learning, deep learning, convolutional and recurrent neural networks, decision-making science, AI agents, backpropagation, credit assignment, neuroengineering, neuromorphics, emergence, philosophy of mind, consciousness, general AI, spiking neural networks, data science, and a lot more. The podcast is not produced for a general audience. Instead, it aims to educate, challenge, inspire, and hopefully entertain those interested in learning more about neuroscience and AI.

Latest episodes

  • BI 247 Maxim Raginsky: A Control Theory View on Brains and AI

    October 7, 2026 · 1 hr 48 min

    Support the show to get full episodes, full archive, and join the Discord community. The Transmitter is an online publication that aims to deliver useful information, insights and tools to build bridges across neuroscience and advance…

  • BI 246 Andrea Gambarotto: Cognition Requires Agency

    September 16, 2026 · 1 hr 58 min

    Support the show to get full episodes, full archive, and join the Discord community. The Transmitter is an online publication that aims to deliver useful information, insights and tools to build bridges across neuroscience and advance…

  • BI 245 Dan Levenstein: Neuro-AI, Dynamics, and Model Systems

    September 2, 2026 · 1 hr 36 min

    Support the show to get full episodes, full archive, and join the Discord community. The Transmitter is an online publication that aims to deliver useful information, insights and tools to build bridges across neuroscience and advance…

  • BI 244 Marco Facchin: Philosophy and Science of Biological Brains

    August 19, 2026 · 1 hr 30 min

    Support the show to get full episodes, full archive, and join the Discord community. The Transmitter is an online publication that aims to deliver useful information, insights and tools to build bridges across neuroscience and advance…

  • BI 243 Alison Barth: Learning as a Window to Cortex

    August 5, 2026 · 1 hr 40 min

    Support the show to get full episodes, full archive, and join the Discord community. The Transmitter is an online publication that aims to deliver useful information, insights and tools to build bridges across neuroscience and advance…

  • BI 242 Kathryn Nave: How Life Gets its Meaning and Intelligence

    July 15, 2026 · 1 hr 45 min

    Support the show to get full episodes, full archive, and join the Discord community. The Transmitter is an online publication that aims to deliver useful information, insights and tools to build bridges across neuroscience and advance…

  • BI 241 Johannes Jaeger: Agency and the Cyborg Myth

    July 1, 2026 · 1 hr 37 min

    Support the show to get full episodes, full archive, and join the Discord community. Johannes Jaeger is Associate Faculty at the Complexity Science Hub in Vienna. He's also a freelance researcher, a philosopher, and an educator. He's here…

  • BI 240 Cristopher Moore: Cognition and Computational Complexity

    June 17, 2026 · 1 hr 42 min

    Support the show to get full episodes, full archive, and join the Discord community. The Transmitter is an online publication that aims to deliver useful information, insights and tools to build bridges across neuroscience and advance…