{"id":1860,"date":"2025-01-17T13:43:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T13:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmilab.org\/trend\/?page_id=1860"},"modified":"2025-01-21T19:39:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T19:39:33","slug":"trend","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cmilab.org\/aichip\/trend\/","title":{"rendered":"TREND"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Two-Point Neurons-Inspired Economic and Ethical Neuromorphic Co-Design (TREND)<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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A new form of AI chip<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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As an R&D Creator in the ARIA's Nature Computes Better opportunity space, the TREND project at the University of Stirling aims to develop a new form of AI chip that is economical and, when guided by its owners\u2019 needs and values, empowers individuals to make more informed judgments.<\/i><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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There is convergent validity among recent cellular neurobiological discoveries, high-resolution modelling, and biologically plausible simulations that pyramidal two-point cells operate in different modes. These modes include slow-wave sleep, the typical wakeful state (common sense), and imaginative thought. This suggests that cellular mechanisms could be embodied in machines to enable cognitive capabilities that are effective and economical.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Going beyond the oversimplified 20th-century neuroscience<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Going beyond the oversimplified 20th-century neuroscience concept of pyramidal\u00a0 Point Neurons (PNs)\u2014upon which current brain theories, AI, and neuromorphic hardware are based\u2014we unlock the revolutionary computational potential of the recently discovered Two-Point\u00a0 Neurons (TPNs) in the mammalian neocortex, identified as fundamental for optimal learning and\u00a0 processing in the brain. TPNs are suggested to be the hallmark of conscious processing<\/span> (J. Aru et\u00a0 al., Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2020, J. F. Storm, Neuron, 2024)<\/i><\/span> and their dysfunction is\u00a0 associated with intellectual learning disabilities <\/span>(D. Nelson et al., Developmental Neuroscience, 2021;\u00a0 A. Granato et al., Neuroscience & Biobehavioural Reviews, 2024).\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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AI at less than 1\/1000 of the cost \n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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TREND algorithms aim to achieve AI at less than 1\/1000th of the cost by mimicking TPNs (both their function and structure).<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Robots; Speech; Language; Computer Vision<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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This project is funded by the Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA).\u00a0 ARIA is an R&D funding agency created to unlock technological breakthroughs that benefit everyone. Created by an Act of Parliament and sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, ARIA funds teams of scientists and engineers to pursue research at the edge of what is scientifically and technologically possible<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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