Can Single Neurons Solve MNIST? The Computational Power of Biological Dendritic Trees — mentioned by Kim_Bruning

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 17:12:47 GMT

> Biological brains exist, we study them, and no they are not like computers at all. Technically correct? I think single bioneurons are potentially Turing complete all by themselves at the relevant emergence level. I've read papers where people describe how they are at least on the order of capability of solving MNIST. So a biological brain is closer to a data-center. (Albeit perhaps with low complexity nodes) But there's so much we don't know that I couldn't tell you in detail. It's weird how much people don't know. * https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.01269 Can Single Neurons Solve MNIST? The…

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Can Single Neurons Solve MNIST? The Computational Power of Biological Dendritic Trees — HN submission

Tue, 08 Sep 2020 13:21:08 GMT

The Computational Power of Biological Dendritic Trees

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Can Single Neurons Solve MNIST? The Computational Power of Biological Dendritic Trees — mentioned by Kim_Bruning

Can Single Neurons Solve MNIST? The Computational Power of Biological Dendritic Trees — HN submission