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>Surely you could model a neuron in software with non-trivial internal state and which also responds differently based on "ambient parameters" (ala bathed in ch
by famouswaffles 3y ago
>Surely you could model a neuron in software with non-trivial internal state and which also responds differently based on "ambient parameters" (ala bathed in chemicals).
Oh you could. and it's been done. But it's much harder to train and seemingly for no real performance benefit other than "like the brain". Backpropagation is just really efficient.
- magicalhippo 3y agoRight, I was being sloppy with my writing. I know about Blue Brain[1] and other brain simulation projects[2]. This is why I can't see it being a fundamental difference. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Brain_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Brain_Project [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_simulation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_simulation