NeuroAI blurs evolution, development, and lifelong learning — three very different regimes

ShahabBakht · x · 2026-09-15

The author argues that neuroAI research routinely conflates three regimes — evolution, development, and lifelong learning — that operate on completely different scales and constraints. When debating "biologically plausible learning algorithms," it's rarely clear which of the three is actually being modeled.

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