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It's not clear whether a parameter in a neural network maps cleanly onto a synapse in a biological brain.
by canjobear 6y ago
It's not clear whether a parameter in a neural network maps cleanly onto a synapse in a biological brain.
- gambler 6y agoI think it's becoming pretty clear that they don't. First, scientists uncovered many additional ways neurons interact with one another[1]. Second, it seems that individual neurons do way more computing than in the simplistic ANN models [2]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephaptic_coupling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephaptic_coupling [2]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5740076/l https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5740076/l
- ibeckermayer 6y agoIt’s very clear that they don’t.