The Emergence Machine

Neural Network

abstract · Technology · Level 8 · E9

E9Cultures

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

neural-network requires machine-learning, pattern, energy.

Compare Neural Network with…

Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “neural-network” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

Loading senses…

Source: Wiktionary — “neural-network”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL8L7L6L5L2L1L0Neural NetworkMachine LearningArtificial Intel…Algorithm… intermediate l…FormProcessStructureActionChangeMatterProcedureEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesAttention Mechan…L9Deep LearningL9Generative ModelL9TransformerL9BackpropagationL11Neural NetworkL8Machine LearningL7E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Machine Learning L7 (requires)
    Neural networks are inspired by biological neural systems and learn patterns through training.

Used by