Uber Work on Differential Plasticity in Deep Learning

Some mechanisms that attempt to recreate one of the most mystic mechanisms of the human brain.

Source: https://news.stanford.edu/2018/12/12/artificial-intelligence-report-finds-advances-working-human-language-global-reach/

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