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Neural Network

A computing system loosely inspired by biological brains, consisting of interconnected nodes (neurons) organized in layers.

Definition

A computing system loosely inspired by biological brains, consisting of interconnected nodes (neurons) organized in layers. Each connection has a weight that's adjusted during training. Simple in concept but capable of learning incredibly complex patterns when scaled up. The foundation of modern AI.

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A subset of machine learning that uses neural networks with many layers (hence 'deep') to learn complex patterns from large amounts of data.

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