Intro to Python for Computer Science and Data Science: Learning to Program with AI, Big Data and The Cloud

16.4 Neural Networks

Deep learning is a form of machine learning that uses artificial neural networks to learn. An artificial neural network (or just neural network) is a software construct that operates similarly to how scientists believe our brains work. Our biological nervous systems are controlled via neurons²⁵ that communicate with one another along pathways called synapses²⁶. As we learn, the specific neurons that enable us to perform a given task, like walking, communicate with one another more efficiently. These neurons activate anytime we need to walk.²⁷

25. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuron.

26. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synapse.

27. https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/learning-rewires-brain.

Artificial Neurons

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