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> first, neural nets are much more closely related to applied statistics than biology mimicry Well, aren't biological systems really really refined statistical

• stephc_int13 4y ago
  Maybe, but real neurons are not closer to artificial neurons than a digestive system is to a furnace or a barrel of acid. There is a very loose relation between them, because neural nets were historically inspired by the way real neurons are connected. This is not saying anything about the capabilities of neural nets, I think they can be extremely potent, up to AGI level, but not because of biological mimicry but thanks to Computational Equivalence. https://worldscienceu.com/lessons/2-6-principle-of-computational-equivalence/ https://worldscienceu.com/lessons/2-6-principle-of-computati...