AI for Science
Sep 30, 2025Three paths for how AI will revolutionize scientific discovery and understanding
Hi, I’m Jake!
I’m an Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley. I’m interested in how brains and artificial intelligence make sense of the world. My lab is part of the Herbert Wertheim School of Optometry and Vision Science, the Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, and the Helen Will Neuroscience Institute. This is my personal website. The Yates lab website can be found here.
What I’m thinking about…
How I learned to stop worrying and love the Free Energy Principle
Aug 19, 2025A gentle introduction to the Free Energy Principle and the mother principle, KL Divergence minimization
Reconciling Generative and Feedforward Models of Visual Cortex
Oct 3, 2024Where I attempt to convince you that feedforward models ARE just inference over a generative model.