
Blake Richards
@tyrell_turing
Researcher at @mcgillu combining AI and neuroscience. Also on Bluesky (@tyrellturing.bsky.social) and Mastodon: @[email protected].
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https://linclab.mila.quebec/ 24-04-2013 00:53:43
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Nouveau conférencier pour “Boussole des politiques en IA”, le 27-28 août! Guillaume Lajoie Guillaume Lajoie, professeur adjoint de l'Université de Montréal, discutera entre autres des façons de renforcer et d’approfondir les concepts de l'IA. mila.quebec/fr/boussole-de…





We are proud to participate with Espace pour la vie VT Ecostudies has migrated. and Université d'Ottawa | University of Ottawa in the launch of the #eButterfly application. This free application uses AI to identify butterflies all over the world, and lets you share your observations directly from your phone. Read the press


👋Check out the latest findings from our lab at #CCN2024 CogCompNeuro Thread & links to preprints below 👇 (1/n)


Is exponential gradient descent a solution to explain learning in biological neurons? Presentation by Blake Richards at Neuro-AI at UW Computational Neuroscience Center


New research from our lab, led by Karin Saltoun: #brain #asymmetry changes *within-subjects* over years, which explains individual differences in i) everyday behavior and ii) vulnerability to disease; demonstrated at population scale preprint: researchsquare.com/article/rs-479…


Our review on Language in Brains, Minds, and Machines (with Nancy Kanwisher @[email protected] Ev (like in 'evidence', not Eve) Fedorenko 🇺🇦) is now officially published and the volume is OPEN access! annualreviews.org/content/journa…





A fun a16z Bio + Health podcast w/Vijay Pande & Bowen Liu on AI and drug discovery covering, among other things, foundation models in biology, LLMs for small molecules, clinical trial opt, evolution and AI, and many opportunities for AI powered efficiency in drug design


It’s been a long time coming, but I’m thrilled to share my first research paper with Arna Ghosh , Christos Kaplanis, Blake Richards, and Doina! Just accepted to NeurIPS 2024 (see u in Vancouver! 🇨🇦). This will be a longer thread—thanks for following along! arxiv.org/abs/2410.22133 1/11

How can large-scale models + datasets revolutionize neuroscience 🧠🤖🌐? We are excited to announce our workshop: “Building a foundation model for the brain: datasets, theory, and models” at CosyneMeeting #COSYNE2025. Join us in Mont-Tremblant, Canada from March 31 - April 1.
