The end result is a sparse network that more closely "mimics the brain". Is this as significant as it sounds or is there something I am missing here? Original

The end result is a sparse network that more closely "mimics the brain". Is this as significant as it sounds or is there something I am missing here? Original Paper here - https://numenta.com/assets/pdf/research-publications/papers/Sparsity-Enables-50x-Performance-Acceleration-Deep-Learning-Networks.pdf https://numenta.com/assets/pdf/research-publications/papers/...