Our brains are constantly learning as existing connections in the brain are rewired to support new learning.
During sleep, the previous day’s memories are shuttled to other parts of the brain for long-term storage, freeing up brain cells for new experiences the next day.
The problem? Deep learning systems with standard algorithms slowly lose the ability to learn. Generally called catastrophic forgetting, computer scientists have been battling the problem for years.
Called continual back propagation, Google DeepMind Researchers have now developed a new method to deal with the continuous learning problem.
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