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> Neural networks [...] represent the beginning of a fundamental shift in how we write software. That's an...interesting statement, considering that neural net
by wool_gather 8y ago
> Neural networks [...] represent the beginning of a fundamental shift in how we write software.
That's an...interesting statement, considering that neural networks are nearly as old as software itself. The original Pitts-McCulloch paper was published in 1943. Active use of them has certainly been ongoing longer than that blog author has been alive.
- tree_of_item 8y agoAnd yet it's true, since they haven't been used in the way they are now. There was no DeepMind in 1943. Computer science stuff usually takes a few decades to mature.