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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Although it can be characterized by a ringing, pulsing, buzzing, hissing or squealing sound, audiologists say the source of the condition lies in the brain's neural networks.
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Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
Of course, scientists did spend a lot of time using human brain models, not to mention lower species like C. Elegans, to evaluate how neural networks can function.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Now, researchers at Microsoft's General Artificial Intelligence group have released a new neural network model that works with just three distinct weight values: -1, 0, or 1.
—ArsTechnica, 18 Apr. 2025
First, one neural network takes high-quality images from one instrument and simulates degraded images as if they were taken by a different, lower-quality instrument.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Adrianna Rodriguez, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
Of course, scientists did spend a lot of time using human brain models, not to mention lower species like C. Elegans, to evaluate how neural networks can function.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Now, researchers at Microsoft's General Artificial Intelligence group have released a new neural network model that works with just three distinct weight values: -1, 0, or 1.
—ArsTechnica, 18 Apr. 2025
First, one neural network takes high-quality images from one instrument and simulates degraded images as if they were taken by a different, lower-quality instrument.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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