Sort of mind-bening: First, humans invent artificial intelligence, now they try to understand how it works.

From Weekly Filet #239, in July 2017.

MIT researchers can now track AI’s decisions back to single neurons

MIT researchers can now track AI’s decisions back to single neurons

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