artificial neural networks

Machine learning architecture

Artificial neural networks are computing systems loosely modeled on biological brains, using layers of interconnected nodes that process information and adjust their connections through training.

They power most modern machine learning—image recognition, language translation, recommendation algorithms.

The architecture allows systems to learn patterns from data rather than following explicit programming: The neural network learned to identify cats after processing millions of images.

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training data · perceptron · nodes · activation · synapses · machine learning · convolutional · recurrent · hidden layers · vanishing gradient · learning rate · feedforward · forward pass · bias · epoch · overfitting · pattern recognition · image recognition

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biological vs. artificial computation

artificial neural networkshuman brain

Neural organ enabling cognition

cerebral cortex · wetware · neurons · nervous systems · gray matter

connectionist vs. symbolic computation

artificial neural networksexpert systems

AI using encoded rules

decision trees

complexity and adaptability

artificial neural networkslinear regression

Statistical straight-line fitting method

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