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by jhickok 690 days ago
I don't think that's what the quote is saying. I realize you are putting a shim layer between implementation and computational level, which was popular for many years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_of_analysis#Marr's_tri-l...

But at this point the TYPE of computation performed by neurons, which is unlike what modern computers do-- for example, brains do not appear to have addressable memory units separate from compute units-- do seem to be differing enough to perhaps explain some of the gaps between computers and minds. Some even think neural computation is a different category of computation altogether: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23126542/