The Neuroscience

Scientists once believed that all of the complex biological structures and systems within a neuron were in place to perform a comparatively simple mathematical function. The understanding was that within a neuron presynaptic activation would be combined in a linear fashion and if it passed a threshold at the cell body a nonlinear action potential, or neuron spike, would be triggered.

This idea was brought into artificial intelligence via the artificial neuron in 1943. Since then researchers have created deep networks with multiple layers, advanced the hardware to power them, developed better optimizers, designed improved architectures, and curated enormous datasets to bring us to where we are today. However, this original artificial neuron, now almost a century old, has remained unchanged.

Modern neuroscience has revealed that this old model is incorrect. In truth, it misses the vast majority of the mathematical processing of a biological neuron. In 1943 scientists understood dendrites to simply be the biological structure that allowed this linear combination to happen at the cell body of a neuron. However, we now know that within the dendritic tree, each branch of a dendrite is performing its own complex nonlinear processing. Recently papers have even been published arguing that dendrites, and not neurons, are the core computational unit of biological brains. This means that to create an artificial model replicating the complexity of the decision-making capability of a single biological neuron an engineer would need one main node, supported by tens of thousands of additional nodes helping it make the module’s final decision. This new model of an artificial neuron is exactly what we have created at Perforated AI.

The Artificial Intelligence - Why You Need to Upgrade

Perforated AI is built on our patent protected algorithm called Perforated Backpropagation™. Our algorithm allows this modern understanding of the functionality of biological dendrites to be leveraged in an artificial system with a new type of artificial neuron. The new neuron is a plug-and-play replacement for the old neurons and can be added to any PyTorch learning system. These new architectures are the same as the old ones, with each neuron in the system passing data forward between neurons and passing error backwards between neurons. However, in the new architectures each neuron is also given a set of Artificial Dendrites which are outside of the system. These Dendrites are completely removed from the neuron-to-neuron error signaling, while still providing support to empower each neuron during the forward processing of data. Including the Dendrites in this way allows each neuron to maintain the same role it had in the original network, and by empowering each neuron with improved performance for it’s original role, Perforated Backpropagation™ empowers the network as a whole to achieve unprecedented results with under an hour of coding.

• Patent-Protected Algorithm: Perforated AI is powered by a patented algorithm, Perforated Backpropagation™, designed to leverage biological neuron functionality in artificial systems.

• Plug-and-Play Neurons: The new artificial neurons seamlessly replace traditional neurons in PyTorch learning systems with no disruption to training or inference pipelines.

• Artificial Dendrites: These new neurons are supported by Artificial Dendrites, which operate outside of the typical neuron-to-neuron error signaling, enhancing the forward processing of data.

• Enhanced Learning without Disruption: While the core architecture remains unchanged, Artificial Dendrites empower each neuron to perform better at their original role, thereby improving learning of the network as a whole.

• Perforated Error Communication: The algorithm "perforates" the error flow, enabling neurons to focus on error communication between neurons while Dendrites learn how to support their connected neuron.

• Neural Network Improvement: As Dendrites learn and assist neurons, the network achieves unprecedented results with minimal coding time — less than an hour of implementation.

Working with Perforated AI

Perforated AI: A Game-Changing Tool for Machine Learning Engineers

• Not SAAS: This is not an online service — it's an innovative tool to add to your machine learning toolkit. You will not need to share your data with us and we will not add any new vulnerabilities to your data security process.

• Not a Consulting Firm: Perforated AI is not here to provide consulting services. Instead, we empower your team with a cutting-edge optimizer. We are happy to assist if you’d like, but there is never a requirement to share your proprietary solutions with us.

• Simple Installation: Integrating Perforated Backpropagation™ into your workflow is as easy as installing it via pip. Just obtain a license file, and you’re ready to go.

• Data Privacy Guaranteed: Your data remains securely stored on your servers, and your code stays within your engineering team’s control.

• No Network Dependency: Our solution works offline—no network connection is required, ensuring maximum privacy for your sensitive machine learning applications.

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