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human neural network
They built a human neural network on a football field. It successfully recognized handwritten digits by having hundreds of people act as neurons, passing signals through layers.
- 🏈 The experiment used over 200 people, simulating a roundworm's 300-neuron brain.
- 🚦 Participants wore color-coded shirts for different brain layers (retina, V1, V2, V4, IT).
- 🚩 "Neurons" signaled "firing" by raising flags or standing up.
- 🔢 The network was tested on recognizing handwritten digits 0-9.
- 🧠 The final "infratemporal cortex" layer made the decision, with Michael himself acting as the ultimate output.
A group of people in orange shirts on a football field, with one person holding a flag high, and text overlay reading 'MindField EPISODE 3'.