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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The data are distilled by a series of neural networks into what’s called a policy—essentially a computer program that tells a robot what to do.
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James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
Most LLMs and generative AI apps make use of an artificial neural network (ANN) as the crux of their internal structure, see my detailed explanation about ANNs at the link here.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
This noise drowns out the signal representing the result, and the noise can be compounded stage after stage through the many layers of a deep neural network.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Nov. 2024
In 2022, Liquid AI’s founders figured out a shortcut that made the mathematical labor needed for liquid neural networks feasible for practical use.
—Will Knight, WIRED, 23 Oct. 2024
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James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
Most LLMs and generative AI apps make use of an artificial neural network (ANN) as the crux of their internal structure, see my detailed explanation about ANNs at the link here.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
This noise drowns out the signal representing the result, and the noise can be compounded stage after stage through the many layers of a deep neural network.
—IEEE Spectrum, 19 Nov. 2024
In 2022, Liquid AI’s founders figured out a shortcut that made the mathematical labor needed for liquid neural networks feasible for practical use.
—Will Knight, WIRED, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Neural network.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neural%20network. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.
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