Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: AI, Monkey Brains, and the Virtue of Small Thinking
February 26, 2026
February 26, 2026
COLD SPRING HARBOR, New York, Feb. 26 -- The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory issued the following news:
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AI, monkey brains, and the virtue of small thinking
The Takeaway
CSHL Assistant Professor Benjamin Cowley and colleagues have developed an AI version of the visual cortex that's about 500 times smaller than state-of-the-art computer vision models. Their research brings us closer to understanding how the brain processes sight and may . . .
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AI, monkey brains, and the virtue of small thinking
The Takeaway
CSHL Assistant Professor Benjamin Cowley and colleagues have developed an AI version of the visual cortex that's about 500 times smaller than state-of-the-art computer vision models. Their research brings us closer to understanding how the brain processes sight and may . . .