Nature 337, 129 - 132 (12 January 1989); doi:10.1038/337129a0

The recent excitement about neural networks

Francis Crick

The Salk Institute, PO Box 85800, San Diego, California 92138-9216, USA

The remarkable properties of some recent computer algorithms for neural networks seemed to promise a fresh approach to understanding the computational properties of the brain. Unfortunately most of these neural nets are unrealistic in important respects.

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