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The Perceptron

This video presents the same text shown beside it, spoken and on screen. It adds nothing the text does not say.

State

A perceptron is a weighted sum with a starting balance and a yes-above-zero verdict — its knobs are all there is to it.

Show

No rules inside, no stored examples, no tree of questions: a row of knobs, and training will mean finding good settings.

Watch for

Set the knobs well and it sorts; badly and it babbles — everything rides on the settings.