NEURAL NETWORKING COMPUTERS / Neural Networking Computers

In order to understand why conventional computers fail at some tasks, we need to know how they work. Conventional computers use precisely detailed mathematical formulas called algorithms to solve problemsa very efficient method for problems that can be described in this exacting manner. Unfortunately, one very large set of problems we encounter every day, random problems, cannot be defined so precisely. In fact, the only way these situations can be described precisely to an intelligence lacking any prior knowledge of the subject, like a computer, would be a list of descripptions of all of the possible solutions to the problem. The difficu

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e using neural networks to explore a variety of different areas. Gary Lynch, a neurophysiologist at the University of California, Irvine, explains the main advantage of neural networks when he notes that, "When you try to study memories you are almost the memories you're studying, and it almost gets in the way. But if you can make a model in silicon, you can stand away and study" ("Mimicking the Human Mind" 53). More specifically, Lynch and Dr. Oranger have set up a 500 neuron network to model how the brain distinguishes smells. When they first began their experiment, the network responded with a unique pattern to each odor; however, after more odors had been processed, the more active neurons began producing stronger signals, eventually becoming representatives for each basic category of odor. After six samples from each group had been processed, the network had organized itself to the point that it responded with the same signal pattern for new smells of the same category. The real surprise came when smells were analyzed by the network for a second time; instead of responding with the old pattern, the network reconstituted itself, creating a slightly different pattern for each specific odor. Essentially, as the two resea
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