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Scientific American

May 1, 1995

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As they Lay Dying

Near the end, artificial neural networks become creative

By Philip Yam

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Philip Yam is the managing editor of ScientificAmerican.com, responsible for the overall news content online. He began working at the magazine in 1989, first as a copyeditor and then as a features editor specializing in physics. He is the author of The Pathological Protein: Mad Cow, Chronic Wasting and Other Prion Diseases.

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 272 Issue 5This article was originally published with the title “As they Lay Dying” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 272 No. 5 (), p. 24
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0595-24b
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