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> A perceptron *is* the smallest brain you can build.

> In 1958, a researcher named Frank Rosenblatt built a machine *he called* the perceptron.

> It was *inspired* by a single brain cell, a neuron.



I did a lecture once which included a 5 minute whirlwind tour of neural net history.

I included a remark about how time travellers would find Rosenblatt a better target than Miles Dyson.

I was never quite sure on how close, or over, the line that was on appropriateness. It was definitely thought provoking.


Yes . But at least the post seems to be written by OP himself!

and its an a great learning resource - which is arguably more important :-)




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