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Some Neural Networks Compute, Others Don’t by Gualtiero Piccinini is a Computer Science article available to read on EtoBox.

What is Some Neural Networks Compute, Others Don’t about?

I address whether neural networks perform computations in the sense of computability theory and computer science. I explicate and defend the following theses. (1) Many neural networks compute--they perform computations. (2) Some neural networks compute in a classical way. Ordinary digital computers, which are very large networks of logic gates, belong in this class of neural networks. (3) Other neural networks compute in a non-classical way. (4) Yet other neural networks do not perform computations. Brains may well fall into this last class.

Who reads Some Neural Networks Compute, Others Don’t?

It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Computer Science.

Author
Gualtiero Piccinini
Publisher
Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier Ltd.; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0893-6080)
Published
2008
Language
EN
Field
Computer Science (Physical Sciences)

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