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#225 – Jeffrey Shainline: Neuromorphic Computing and Optoelectronic Intelligence

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The Network Structure of the Brain

The brain is notoriously complicated. And I think that's an important part of why it can do what it does, but okay, let me try to break it down. Starting with the devices, neurons, as he said before, they're sophisticated devices in and of themselves. And synapses are two. They can change their state based on the activity. So they adapt over time. Although spatial distribution doesn't change that much once you're a mature organism, but that network structure is really crucial.

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