person
Tomaso Poggio
MIT computational neuroscience pioneer
MIT professor whose work on computational neuroscience and learning theory predates and underlies much of modern deep learning. Long-time bridge between neuroscience and AI.
current Eugene McDermott Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT
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Alignment firstmixed
Solve technical alignment before capability thresholds closeArgues understanding the brain's algorithmic principles is key to building safer AI. Computational neuroscience provides the framework.
We don't need to copy the brain, but understanding the brain's algorithmic principles will help us build AI we can trust.
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Record last updated 2026-04-25.