Neural Networks

Covers the invention, collapse, and revival of learning-based AI systems — from the Perceptron through connectionism and deep learning.

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The Algorithm That Waited a Decade to Be Believed

Jul 27, 2026

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The Algorithm That Waited a Decade to Be Believed

Before Rumelhart, Hinton, and Williams got the credit in 1986, a lonely doctoral thesis had already cracked backpropagation — and almost no one noticed.

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AI History

Jul 20, 2026

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The Feud That Started in High School

Frank Rosenblatt and Marvin Minsky shared a classroom before they shared the argument that froze neural network research for a generation.

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