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Another part of the consideration is that transistors are abstracted away into functions like logic gates partially because it makes it easier for the designers
by parsecs 5y ago
Another part of the consideration is that transistors are abstracted away into functions like logic gates partially because it makes it easier for the designers. Neurons on the other hand can likely take advantage of all sorts of complex interactions and behaviors as the "maximum local complexity" is not an issue.
- biofox 5y agoThey certainly do take advantage of complex interactions. The perfect example of that is ephaptic coupling, where neurons interact with each other through the local electrical fields they induce -- and stuff like this is lost in modelling a single neuron: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephaptic_coupling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephaptic_coupling