A neural network is a computing model made of many connected nodes. It is loosely inspired by the brain and underpins almost all modern AI.
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Example
A neural network looks at a photo and outputs: “97% likely a cat.”
For pros
Each connection has a weight that is adjusted during training. Deep networks with many layers are called deep learning. Language models mostly use the transformer architecture with attention.
