I do think signal propagation time is probably a big contributor. I think activating a generative model in the GNW entails activating a particular set of interconnected neurons scattered around the GNW parts of the neocortex, which in turn requires those neurons to talk with each other. You can think of a probabilistic graphical model … you change the value of some node and then run the message-passing algorithm a bit, and the network settles into a new configuration. Something like that, I think...
I do think signal propagation time is probably a big contributor. I think activating a generative model in the GNW entails activating a particular set of interconnected neurons scattered around the GNW parts of the neocortex, which in turn requires those neurons to talk with each other. You can think of a probabilistic graphical model … you change the value of some node and then run the message-passing algorithm a bit, and the network settles into a new configuration. Something like that, I think...