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 researchers use their device to demonstrate a number of standard tasks for a neural network, such as classifying the shape of optical waveforms, predicting the next value in a time series given the previous values and generating images by diffusion.
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The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
Once those large animal datasets are available, new analytical algorithms become a possibility, such as using deep neural networks to find hidden structure in sequences of animal vocalizations, which may be analogous to the meaningful structure in human language.
—Arik Kershenbaum, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2024
This technology is what A.I. researchers call a neural network — a mathematical system that can learn skills by analyzing data.
—Cade Metz, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2025
DeepL started using neural networks to build a translation program to sell to international companies in 2017.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
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The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
Once those large animal datasets are available, new analytical algorithms become a possibility, such as using deep neural networks to find hidden structure in sequences of animal vocalizations, which may be analogous to the meaningful structure in human language.
—Arik Kershenbaum, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2024
This technology is what A.I. researchers call a neural network — a mathematical system that can learn skills by analyzing data.
—Cade Metz, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2025
DeepL started using neural networks to build a translation program to sell to international companies in 2017.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
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