Neural networks are not magic!

Published on 2017-08-02T22:16:27-04:00 by Mohd

Artificial neural networks are not magic. And just because this statistical modeling technique happens to have the word "neural" in it, doesn't mean they have anything to do with the biological neuron or the human brain.

Artificial neural network this, artificial neural network that, everyone and their grandma is now an expert in artifical neural networks and keep going on and on about how they are going to take over the world.

I love ANN's, ever since I was in 8th grade (around 2005). I think deep learning is amazing. But I think all the hype around AI is dangerous and prohibitive to true AGI research.