Looks like @cs702 [1] posted a related link where a NN follows an attractor pattern! I've only skimmed it but it very much looks like what I've been imagining.

Looks like @cs702 [1] posted a related link where a NN follows an attractor pattern! I've only skimmed it but it very much looks like what I've been imagining. It'd be cool to see more research into this area. 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45427778 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45427778 2: https://towardsdatascience.com/attractors-in-neural-network-circuits-beauty-and-chaos/ https://towardsdatascience.com/attractors-in-neural-network-...