neural network
noun
: a computer architecture in which a number of processors are interconnected in a manner suggestive of the connections between neurons in a human brain and which is able to learn by a process of trial and error
called also neural net
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Neuroplasticity allows for the formation of new connections, the purging of obsolete ones, and changes in the strength of existing connections—all processes that make subtle changes to the structure of our neural networks.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2025
In the 1940s, neuroscientists Warren McCulloch and Walter Pitts made a groundbreaking contribution by creating a mathematical model of neural networks.
—Mirjana Perkovic, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Most modern models use a type of neural network known as a transformer, which processes a stream of text at one go, rather than piece by piece.
—Anil Ananthaswamy, Quanta Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
The researchers used a classical simulator of a quantum processor to do the training steps, which identified the appropriate numbers—again, think in terms of the weights of a neural network—to use during the two-qubit gate operations.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2025
In the 1940s, neuroscientists Warren McCulloch and Walter Pitts made a groundbreaking contribution by creating a mathematical model of neural networks.
—Mirjana Perkovic, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Most modern models use a type of neural network known as a transformer, which processes a stream of text at one go, rather than piece by piece.
—Anil Ananthaswamy, Quanta Magazine, 14 Apr. 2025
The researchers used a classical simulator of a quantum processor to do the training steps, which identified the appropriate numbers—again, think in terms of the weights of a neural network—to use during the two-qubit gate operations.
—John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Neural network.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neural%20network. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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