By David Stephen who looks at Neuromorphic AI in this article.
What are the structural foundations of human intelligence, in the brain? Simply, if intelligence is the use of memory, what is the architecture of human memory that makes intelligence, as an outcome, exceptional?
If AI would at least match human creativity and innovation, at the measure of extraordinary advancement, it may require more than just scale [of compute and data], which large language models [LLMs] currently have.
Neuromorphic AI Needs a New Storage
The trajectory of artificial intelligence towards artificial superintelligence may stall, without a new classical memory architecture — for storage, similar to the human brain.
Humans do not have complex intelligence because humans have a unique memory of every sensation. No. Human memory, conceptually, is mostly a collection of many similar things, such that the interpretation of anything is done with the collection, not with specificity, for the most part.
If an individual sees a door, or hears the sound of a vehicle, it is almost immediately interpreted, so that the relay [for what to do with it or not] proceeds, without intricate visits, to respective [unique] storages.
This fast interpretation objective ensures that it is possible to make quick decisions on several number of things using a general mode, so that when they are to be operated or improved, it is not always with intricacies, delaying efficiency.
Also, because the interpretation came from the collective storage of doors or of the sound of a vehicle. This does not mean that there isn't specific knowing of things, there are, but they are generally fewer — aside language — and exist separately from the pack. Still, what gets used [say in language] may come from collections.
An example of this is speaking, where, even though words are specific, what presents sometimes may not just be what was expected but something within the collection. However, language is still easier because of learning early. How so? Several memories exist separately from early on, but tend to collect, because of similarities, conceptually. Yet, language stays mostly that way even though there are collections with images, sounds, scents and other similarities of the same thing.
A disadvantage of collection is that learning [say language or advanced physics, for a non-physics person] as an adult has to join collections not just exist alone. That process is slower than early on, resulting in delays. Specificity on the other hand, as an adult too makes it tough to know many faces more easily, and so forth.
Collection
Now, because the group is used for interpretation, it is easier, generally, to make decisions faster, and have relays [or transport] within the brain get around with little barrier for whatever results are sought.
Also, most collective storages have overlays, where it is not just the collection but where a collection overlaps with another one. Simply, aside from a collection of door, there is an overlay of a part of it with wood, or with safety and so forth.
Human Intelligence
If the goal of an individual is to improve something, say an art, by some creative action, it is generally easier to have lots of relays across collective storages and their overlays. Simply, storages in the mind are structures that allow to pick what is vital and also re-combine them.
Some overlays may not even be obvious but storages might set them, that by the time relays get there, it is possible to find something new. Some overlays are not fixed as there might be several options they are connected to, so they rotate from some to others, from time to time.
This is a reason that even when people do the same thing often, they still do it in slightly different ways.
Aside from storages, relays are also excellent, shaping how reaches are found, using different dimensions, toward goals of improvement or operational intelligence.
Simply, storage is a major factor in what makes human intelligen...