{"id":1069,"date":"2026-03-16T17:32:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T06:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/?p=1069"},"modified":"2026-03-29T11:21:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T00:21:56","slug":"sub-cortical-ai-model-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/?p=1069","title":{"rendered":"Sub-Cortical AI Model Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/reefwing_A_cinematic_tech_merger_visual_showing_the_iconic_Ar_53fe0099-97ce-41cd-98d5-c51e2c2df1e7_3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/reefwing_A_cinematic_tech_merger_visual_showing_the_iconic_Ar_53fe0099-97ce-41cd-98d5-c51e2c2df1e7_3-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/reefwing_A_cinematic_tech_merger_visual_showing_the_iconic_Ar_53fe0099-97ce-41cd-98d5-c51e2c2df1e7_3-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/reefwing_A_cinematic_tech_merger_visual_showing_the_iconic_Ar_53fe0099-97ce-41cd-98d5-c51e2c2df1e7_3-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/reefwing_A_cinematic_tech_merger_visual_showing_the_iconic_Ar_53fe0099-97ce-41cd-98d5-c51e2c2df1e7_3-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/reefwing_A_cinematic_tech_merger_visual_showing_the_iconic_Ar_53fe0099-97ce-41cd-98d5-c51e2c2df1e7_3.png 1456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The brain\u2019s subcortical motivational architecture offers insight for AI development that current systems almost entirely miss. We believe the key to more general and autonomous AI lies in the ancient, sub-cortical engine. This is the system that provides the crucial\u00a0<em>why<\/em>\u00a0that directs the cortex\u2019s\u00a0<em>how<\/em>. It\u2019s the source of goals, motivation, and value, transforming a passive processor into an active participant in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/embedded-ai\/sub-cortical-ai-model-design-ebb4618fa536\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The brain\u2019s subcortical motivational architecture offers insight for AI development that current systems almost entirely miss. We believe the key to more general and autonomous AI lies in the ancient, sub-cortical engine. This is the system that provides the crucial\u00a0why\u00a0that directs the cortex\u2019s\u00a0how. It\u2019s the source of goals, motivation, and value, transforming a passive processor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[49,45,6],"tags":[69],"class_list":{"0":"post-1069","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-ai","7":"category-embedded","8":"category-title-post","9":"tag-embedded-ai","10":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1069"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1071,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069\/revisions\/1071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefwing.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}