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#222 – Jay McClelland: Neural Networks and the Emergence of Cognition

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Neural Networks - Parallel Computing?

Jeffrey Toobin: Neural networks are at the core of the machine learning deep learning revolution. Each neuron is an independent computational unit, right? It gathers data from other neurons, it integrates it in a certain way, and then it produces a result. So instead of just a single central processor that's engaged in chug chug one step after another, we have a billion of these little computational units working at the same time.

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