Mark A Mandel <mam at theworld.com> writes: > On 23 Aug 2002, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > > #I'm not surprised they might be findable. I wonder, though, if any > #properties of neural networks *guarantee* that they're findable? At > #one level we understand neural networks very well (after all most of > #them are software simulations, quite deterministic), but at other > #levels I don't think we understand them *at all*. > > And let's not forget that despite their name, the software constructs > that their creators optimistically named "neural nets" probably have > very little in common with wetware. I'm not so sure. They certainly exhibit startlingly wetware-like properties. I'm thinking especially of some of the artificial insects that have been built. And after all, we *do* understand the neuronal biochemistry pretty decently. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / New TMDA anti-spam in test John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Book log: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/ New Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info