Neural networks power today’s AI boom. To understand them, all we need is a map, a cat and a few thousand dimensions. Look at a picture of a cat, and you’ll instantly recognize it as a cat. But try to ...

The simplified approach makes it easier to see how neural networks produce the outputs they do. A tweak to the way artificial neurons work in neural networks could make AIs easier to decipher.

The focus on teaching students how to code—a big emphasis for years—is now expanding to showing them how artificial intelligence works. Code.org, one of the major K-12 computer science education ...