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wilgamesh t1_izzoduc wrote

Hinton cites Francis Crick's "Function of Sleep" 1983 idea in his list of references.

Like the 2nd forward pass that reduces the fitness function of "negative data", Crick proposed REM sleep is "reverse learning" that removes "undesirable modes."

Quite elegant to see this implemented...

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