There are already methods to do that in neural networks, it's called "pruning" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pruning_(artificial_neural_network) https://en.wik

There are already methods to do that in neural networks, it's called "pruning" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pruning_(artificial_neural_network) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pruning_(artificial_neural_net... and, yes the article also mentions that it happens in mammal brains.