Nate Gaylinn

Neural networks have been one of the most transformative technologies of the past decade. They were originally inspired by human brains, and their promise is to help us understand human intelligence (or replace it, depending on who you ask). With all the excitement and drama around AI these days, you might be forgiven for thinking we're nearly there! In reality, though, we've only understood a tiny fraction of what the brain is doing. I'd like to convince you that what's happening in your skull is vastly more, and that there's plenty of opportunity in the field of AI that's far afield of where most of today's research is focused.

https://thinkingwithnate.wordpress.com/2026/04/01/brain-like-computing/

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Brain-Like Computing

(This post’s featured image is Slicing the Connectome by Alfred Anwander, a visualization of the deep structure of the human brain. It shows flowing bundles of thin fibers, color coded by the…

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Show threadzenkat1d ago
@ngaylinn Great write-up, Nate. We humans always like to use our latest gadgets as a metaphor for how we ourselves work. Plumbing and telephone networks were once considered good models for how we function. But we are infinitely more complex than our creations.