This draft is a bit old at this point. Now I’d add some other points, like the thalamus maybe being the context window; it’s known as a sensory relay station, with lots and lots of pathways projecting into all sorts of regions of the cortex. I’d also express more uncertainty about exactly what kind of learning algorithm could possibly lead to the functional specialization of regions of the cortex, even if most of it can be repurposed for most other functions.
This draft is a bit old at this point. Now I’d add some other points, like the thalamus maybe being the context window; it’s known as a sensory relay station, with lots and lots of pathways projecting into all sorts of regions of the cortex. I’d also express more uncertainty about exactly what kind of learning algorithm could possibly lead to the functional specialization of regions of the cortex, even if most of it can be repurposed for most other functions.