What a Neural Net Actually Does — the Intuition, No Math

People say a neural network "learns to see" or "understands images," and it sounds like sci-fi. It isn't. A neural net does something much more mechanical — and once you see the shape of it, the mystery evaporates. No math in this one, just the intuition. This is Day 4 of AIFromZero, my concept-a-day series explaining how AI actually works. A neuron is a tiny detector Forget the brain metaphor. A single artificial neuron looks at some numbers, weighs them up, and outputs one number...