New Models of Human Hearing via Machine Learning

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Published on June 18, 2024 9:44:50 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-QbAm-mFX0

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Josh McDermott (MIT)
https://simons.berkeley.edu/talks/josh-mcdermott-mit-2024-06-06
Understanding Lower-Level Intelligence from AI, Psychology, and Neuroscience Perspectives

Humans derive an enormous amount of information about the world from sound. This talk will describe our recent efforts to leverage contemporary machine learning to build neural network models of our auditory abilities and their instantiation in the brain. Such models have enabled a qualitative step forward in our ability to account for real-world auditory behavior and illuminate function within auditory cortex. They also open the door to new approaches for designing auditory prosthetics and understanding their effect on behavioral abilities.