> In the same way that cells form eye patterns on the wings of butterflies to excite neurons in the brains of predators, our NCA’s population of cells has learned to collaborate to produce a pattern that excites certain neurons in an external neural network.
I know there has been other work on adversarial networks, but this analogy (along with the photo of the butterfly) really communicates the idea well. And although I'm generally skeptical of claims that ANN "x" is the true model of how the human brain works, it makes a lot of sense to me that this is how adversarial self-organizing biological structures interact.
Also, it's a powerful example because of just how effective the butterfly wing's "eye" is. Despite understanding that it's a decoy, I still can't look at it and not be unnerved a bit by it.
I know there has been other work on adversarial networks, but this analogy (along with the photo of the butterfly) really communicates the idea well. And although I'm generally skeptical of claims that ANN "x" is the true model of how the human brain works, it makes a lot of sense to me that this is how adversarial self-organizing biological structures interact.
Also, it's a powerful example because of just how effective the butterfly wing's "eye" is. Despite understanding that it's a decoy, I still can't look at it and not be unnerved a bit by it.