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I am not sure I agree with your take on neural networks. Neural network is a vague terminology. But most people mean multilayer perceptrons which I agree are no
by Dn_Ab 16y ago
I am not sure I agree with your take on neural networks. Neural network is a vague terminology. But most people mean multilayer perceptrons which I agree are not very useful. But logistic regression is a very widely used 'single layer neural network'. Even the original single layer perceptron has its place in this big data world (with appropriate modifications: e.g. adapting ensemble and on-line techniques , using the kernel trick etc.).
Then there are auto-encoders, Restricted Boltzmann machines and Deep Belief Nets that are certainly getting a lot of attention and are a type of neural network.
- cdavid 16y agoI think the OP was refering to neural network as used with their analogy to their biological counterpart, which has indeed fallen out of fashion several decades ago. I rarely see "neural network" used in recent machine learning/AI literature - most usages are historical, and as you mention, you could fit pretty much anything into neural network if you really want to, so the word is basically meaningless.