Skip to Content
How AI Works
book

How AI Works

by Ronald T. Kneusel
October 2023
Beginner
192 pages
5h 40m
English
No Starch Press
Content preview from How AI Works

4NEURAL NETWORKS: BRAIN-LIKE AI

Image

Connectionism seeks to provide a substrate from which intelligence might emerge. Today, connectionism means neural networks, with neural being a nod to biological neurons. Despite the name, however, the relationship between the two is superficial. Biological neurons and artificial neurons may possess a similar configuration, but they operate in an entirely different manner.

Biological neurons accept input on their dendrites, and when a sufficient number of inputs are active they “fire” to produce a short-lived voltage spike on their axons. In other words, biological neurons are off until they’re on. Some 800 million ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.

Read now

Unlock full access

More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly

AirBnbBlueOriginElectronic ArtsHomeDepotNasdaqRakutenTata Consultancy Services

QuotationMarkO’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
QuotationMarkI wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
QuotationMarkI’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
QuotationMarkI'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
Mark W.
Embedded Software Engineer

You might also like

What Is AI?

What Is AI?

Emmanuel Henri
AI Engineering

AI Engineering

Chip Huyen
AI Engineering

AI Engineering

Chip Huyen
AI Engineering

AI Engineering

Chip Huyen

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781098168568Errata Page