Tag: Bernie Widrow

3D illustration, embossed mesh representing internet connections, cloud computing and neural network.

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Robert J. Marks
Date
January 12, 2026

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence

Tagged
ADALINE and MADALINE, AI, Bernie Widrow, Copper plating, Networks}

A Pioneer Ahead of His Time: Bernard Widrow and the Origins of Modern AI

_{While history has not always granted him the recognition he deserved, every modern neural network quietly echoes Widrow's ideas.} _{Robert J. Marks
January 12, 2026

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Artificial Intelligence}

Widrow called his learning machine a neural network because it was loosely based on the 1943 McCulloch-Pitts model of the biological neuron. Read More ›

Beautiful girl, child, sportswoman cheerleader in uniform dancing, showing the bridge, showing the elements of gymnastics in the gym at the competition. The concept of sports, cheerleading.

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Robert J. Marks
Date
November 1, 2024

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Physics

Tagged
Bernie Widrow, convolutional neural networks (CNNs), error backpropagation, John Hopfield, Neural networks, Nobel Prize in Physics, Paul Werbos}

Are We Now Giving Nobel Prizes to Cheerleaders?

_{Even though both John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton are brilliant researchers, there were much more obviously deserving recipients} _{Robert J. Marks
November 1, 2024

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Artificial Intelligence, Physics}

I still find it hard to see the connection between physics and neural networks but if it's there, Paul Werbos and Bernie Widrow should have won the Nobel Prize. Read More ›

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News
Date
July 15, 2019

Categorized
Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture

Tagged
Bernie Widrow, Brendan Dixon, Eric Holloway, Featured, poker, self-driving cars}

Can the AI Poker Champ Improve Real-World Decisions?

_{That’s the claim aired at Nature for Pluribus, the new Texas hold ‘em champ. Bradley Center fellows are skeptical} _{News
July 15, 2019

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Artificial Intelligence, Arts & Culture}

“The trouble is," says Brendan Dixon, "any technique that works by searching ‘to the end of the game’ will not help self-driving cars (as an example) one bit…unless they have also mastered predicting the future. There is no ‘end of the game’ for nearly all decisions we make.”