neural network
noun
: a computer architecture in which a number of processors are interconnected in a manner suggestive of the connections between neurons in a human brain and which is able to learn by a process of trial and error
called also neural net
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But a neural network can be trepanned a few dozen times before lunch.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Plehn is also working to put neural networks on FPGAs for triggers, in collaboration with experimentalists, electrical engineers, and other theorists.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2026
Traditional robot policies are often built as task-specific neural networks that require separate perception, planning, and control modules.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
Third, the world happens to work the way neural networks do.
—Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Plehn is also working to put neural networks on FPGAs for triggers, in collaboration with experimentalists, electrical engineers, and other theorists.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2026
Traditional robot policies are often built as task-specific neural networks that require separate perception, planning, and control modules.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
Third, the world happens to work the way neural networks do.
—Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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