Scientists Uncover Biological Echoes in Powerful AI Transformer Models

Unassuming astrocytes, thought to merely be helper brain cells, are more than meets the eye.

Electronic neural networks, one of the key concepts in artificial intelligence research, have drawn inspiration from biological neurons since their inception—as evidenced by their name. In a collaborative study, scientists propose that biological astrocyte-neuron networks could mimic transformers’ core computations.

Via: decrypt.co