I don’t think the fact that neuronal wiring is mostly fixed provides much evidence that the cortex is not reconfigurable in the relevant sense. After all, neural networks have completely fixed wiring and can only change the strength of their connections, but this is enough to support great variability in function.
I have a response, but my response involves diagrams of the “downstream influence” of neurons in various brain circuits vs parameters in transformers. So, I’m working on a post about it. Sorry for the delay.
I don’t think the fact that neuronal wiring is mostly fixed provides much evidence that the cortex is not reconfigurable in the relevant sense. After all, neural networks have completely fixed wiring and can only change the strength of their connections, but this is enough to support great variability in function.
I have a response, but my response involves diagrams of the “downstream influence” of neurons in various brain circuits vs parameters in transformers. So, I’m working on a post about it. Sorry for the delay.