Theory about the purpose of neural networks

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[–]thefirststone 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

The point is for it to learn itself based on external stimuli.

Its peculiar initial structure allows it to modify itself. Its inscrutable final structure comes from it finding solutions by random walks. Obfuscation is a side effect of automation that only requires declarative requirements, rather than true programming.

That they are inscrutable replacements for human labor is mostly a happy accident, though inevitable.

What they call "AI" and "ML" in the media is just this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_programming

[–]yoke 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

well now it's more than GP though...