From: Neil Gershenfeld
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 1:03 PM
To: Jeffrey Epstein; Lesley Groff; Sebastian Seung; judith donath; Ed Boyden
Subject: Re: deception
Good one-liners.
Jeff/Lesley:
what are the logistics of getting to/from there? If we invite others, what8s39;s a good total number to shoot
for?
Let's lock in logistics for Fe= 22,23, then plan who else we want to join.
Neil
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• Build tools that reveal how the brain computes, to enable curin= of brain disorders and understanding of
the human condition.
Judith Donath
• How does communicative competition s=ape - both biologically and culturally - our world?
• In our interac=ions with other people, we signal in innumerable ways claims about our ide=tity, status
and intentions. We each try to make the best impression we ca=; at the same time, as viewers, we try to see through to
the "truth&q=ot; about others.
• Signaling theory is the framework for understanding how our various sig=als evolved and what keeps
them honest enough to function. And deceptio= is central, particularly the question of how much deception is
tolerable,=even desirable, in various circumstances.
Jeff Epstein
Understanding deception to understand=the brain.
Neil Gershenfeld
Brain-building as=a test case for aligning the representations of hardware and software.
Sebastian Seung
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* Mapping the connectome to understa=d brain function and help you build artificial brains.
* Modeling in=ertemporal choice as a game between multiple selves, and its relation to s=lf-deception.
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