通过忘记深度神经网络和珍妮弗·安妮斯顿神经元进行学习

Have you ever heard about the Jennifer Aniston neuron? In 2005, a group of neuroscientists led by Rodrigo Quian Quiroga published a paper (pdf) detailing his discovery of a type of neuron that steadily fired whenever she was shown a photo of Jennifer Aniston. The neuron in question was not activated when presented with photos of other celebrities. Obviously, we don’t all have Jennifer Aniston neurons and those specialized neurons can be activated in response to pictures of other celebrities. However, the Aniston neuron has become one of the most powerful metaphors in neuroscience to describe neurons that focus on a very specific task.

您是否听说过珍妮弗·安妮斯顿的神经元？ 2005年，由Rodrigo Quian Quiroga领导的一组神经科学家发表了一篇论文 (pdf)，其中详细介绍了他发现的一种神经元，只要看到詹妮弗·安妮斯顿的照片，它就会不断发射。 出现其他名人的照片时，所讨论的神经元未激活。 显然，我们并不都拥有詹妮弗·安妮斯顿(Jennifer Aniston)神经元，而那些特殊的神经元可以响应其他名人的照片而被激活。 但是，Aniston神经元已成为神经科学中最强大的隐喻之一，用于描述专注于非常特定任务的神经元。

The fascinating thing about the Jennifer Aniston neuron is that it was discovered while Quiroga was researching areas of the brain