Diginomica

Generative AI needs better context - you can't talk about Large Language Models without reverse neural networks and backpropagation

The hype over Large Language Models (LLMs) has reached a fever pitch. But how much of the hype is justified? We can't answer that without some straight talk - and some definitions. Time for a ...
Wired

Neuron Bursts Can Mimic a Famous AI Learning Strategy

Every time a human or machine learns how to get better at a task, a trail of evidence is left behind. A sequence of physical changes—to cells in a brain or to numerical values in an algorithm—underlie ...
EurekAlert!

Not so simple machines: Cracking the code for materials that can learn

Obtaining the gradient of what's known as the loss function is an essential step to establish the backpropagation algorithm developed by University of Michigan researchers to train a material. The ...
Semiconductor Engineering

The Optical Implementation of Backpropagation (Oxford, Lumai)

A technical paper titled “Training neural networks with end-to-end optical backpropagation” was published by researchers at University of Oxford and Lumai Ltd. “Optics is an exciting route for the ...
Quanta Magazine

Neuron Bursts Can Mimic Famous AI Learning Strategy

A new model of learning centers on bursts of neural activity that act as teaching signals — approximating backpropagation, the algorithm behind learning in AI. Every time a human or machine learns how ...