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Blake Richards
Google Scholar ID: 1CPY1LsAAAAJ
Mila + McGill University
Machine Learning
Learning and Memory
Neural Networks
Neural Circuits
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Reasoning with Neural Cellular Automata
2026
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Diffusion as a Training Curriculum for Timestep-Free Iterative Reasoning
2026
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A game theory for foundation models shows new paths to rational cooperation through similarity inference
2026
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Balancing Plasticity and Stability with Fast and Slow Successor Features
2026
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NeuroAI and Beyond: Bridging Between Advances in Neuroscience and ArtificialIntelligence
2026
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Inhibitory normalization of error signals improves learning in neural circuits
2026
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Interpreting Physics in Video World Models
2026
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Know Thyself by Knowing Others: Learning Neuron Identity from Population Context
2025
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Background
Researcher at McGill University
Affiliated with Mila and The Neuro
Research interests: general principles of learning and memory in neural networks
Aims to understand how real and artificial brains can optimise behaviour
Motivated by fascination with memory and the brain’s unmatched general-purpose learning capabilities compared to current AI systems
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Timothy P. Lillicrap
Director of Research, Google DeepMind
Adam Santoro
Google DeepMind
Konrad Paul Kording
Nathan Mossell University Professor (PIK), bioengineering & neuroscience, UPenn, CIFAR LMB
Danilo Bzdok
Canada CIFAR AI Chair at McGill University & Mila Quebec AI Institute, Montreal