Remembering Bernie Widrow, a Great Engineer and a Wise Scientist

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Widrow called his learning machine a neural network because it was loosely based on the 1943 McCulloch-Pitts model of the biological neuron. Source
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Origin of Life Is Not Reducible to Physics

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This continues an evaluation of a proposal that treats natural selection as a law of physics that is applicable to the entire universe. Source
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Neuroevolution Methods Show Significant Success

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The Darwinian algorithm works in theory, but does not work in practice, when applied in the domain of software production. Source
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