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As inspiration, yes. However, a neural network neuron and a biological neuron are, to modern understanding, entirely unrelated.
by aDyslecticCrow 2y ago
As inspiration, yes. However, a neural network neuron and a biological neuron are, to modern understanding, entirely unrelated.
- canjobear 2y agoThey're not identical but they are related. There's a series of approximations and simplifications you can go through to get from biological neurons to neural nets. Essentially the weights in the neural net end up corresponding to steady-state firing rates of populations of spiking neurons. See for example Chapter 7 of Dayan & Abbott's Theoretical Neuroscience.
- what37373 2y agoNot to be dismissive, but through any “series of approximations and simplifications” you can go from anything to anything else.
- DanielleMolloy 2y agoDiscussing the right levels of abstraction is a huge thing in computational biology. At what level is 'the algorithm' of natural computation implemented?