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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There is speculation that a genetic predisposition might be set off by some event — physical or emotional — that triggers a change in neural networks.
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James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
The deep neural network that won the ImageNet competition, kicking off the current era of machine learning, was implemented with 40-nanometer technology.
—Mark Liu, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2024
Over the past decade or so, Mastercard has developed more than a dozen techniques around machine learning and today, uses a recursive neural network that relies on generative techniques.
—John Kell, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
The system operates by feeding raw data from cameras and other sensory tools to machine learning algorithms based on neural networks, which re-create the environment outside the vehicle.
—Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 16 Jan. 2024
NeurIPS, as it is known, is focused on advances in neural networks, which have anchored recent developments in generative A.I.
The talent imbalance has been building for the better part of a decade.
—Cade Metz, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
At the time, recurrent neural networks—once an academic backwater—had suddenly started outperforming other methods of AI engineering.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024
They’re built using layers of algorithms, known as neural networks, that identify patterns and relationships in data they’re trained on, learning the rules of language organically rather than having those rules hard-coded into them.
—Perry Carpenter, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
When medical help is sought, doctors might identify inflammation and assess potential nerve tissue recovery, but the neural network of the eye might only partially recover, if at all.
—George Dvorsky / Gizmodo, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
The deep neural network that won the ImageNet competition, kicking off the current era of machine learning, was implemented with 40-nanometer technology.
—Mark Liu, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2024
Over the past decade or so, Mastercard has developed more than a dozen techniques around machine learning and today, uses a recursive neural network that relies on generative techniques.
—John Kell, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
The system operates by feeding raw data from cameras and other sensory tools to machine learning algorithms based on neural networks, which re-create the environment outside the vehicle.
—Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 16 Jan. 2024
NeurIPS, as it is known, is focused on advances in neural networks, which have anchored recent developments in generative A.I.
The talent imbalance has been building for the better part of a decade.
—Cade Metz, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
At the time, recurrent neural networks—once an academic backwater—had suddenly started outperforming other methods of AI engineering.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 20 Mar. 2024
They’re built using layers of algorithms, known as neural networks, that identify patterns and relationships in data they’re trained on, learning the rules of language organically rather than having those rules hard-coded into them.
—Perry Carpenter, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
When medical help is sought, doctors might identify inflammation and assess potential nerve tissue recovery, but the neural network of the eye might only partially recover, if at all.
—George Dvorsky / Gizmodo, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
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