The more I study AI, the more I feel backpropagation, while clever, misses something fundamental. The brain doesn't use gradients or loss functions — it learns through local interactions, trial and error, and synaptic plasticity. That’s how it adapts on the fly, learns from a few examples, and remembers for years. AI, in comparison, still feels rigid and artificial.

I’m becoming more convinced that mimicking biology is the real path forward. Plasticity-based learning, inspired by how neurons and synapses actually behave, seems far more promising than endlessly scaling up models. If we want real intelligence — not just prediction machines — we need systems that grow, change, and learn like we do.

Leaderboard from wakatime. Wtf is 17 hours per day???💀😳

Discord and Reddit are hands down the best platforms for getting real help and sharing big ideas.

the universe is so vast that the things that keep us up at night are statistically insignificant.

(maybe they are not, im just tired and throwing late night nonsense lol)😌

🙏 Let’s Show Up for One of Our Own

He’s a third-year IT student at Bahir Dar University who came to Addis this summer hoping to gain experience through an internship. He managed to start the internship — even though it’s unpaid — but things have been incredibly tough.

So far, he hasn’t been able to find any paid work. He doesn’t have a stable place to stay and has been moving between friends’ houses just to get by. With no support from his family, it’s been a constant struggle to cover even the basics like food and shelter.

If you can help in any way — with food, a place to stay, or even just by sharing this — it would mean the world. Every little bit truly helps. ❤️

Account number to help him: 1000578576995 (MEAREG TEAME)
Telebirr: 0974158040

May God bless you for your kindness.

#help
@Exodus_Tola

ChatGPT is free to use.

I call it the "drug dealer" strategy.

It's free, fun, with no risk or costs.

But after a while, you will start to rely on it.

Fast forward a few years, and the paywalls go up.

But you now need ChatGPT to think.


Why? Because they are thinking for themselves.

Do not outsource your thinking.

Be very careful.

-Juan Mendoza

The tables are turning, computers are doing the thinking and we are doing the hectic jobs.

How terrible!!

Valid.

🚀 I Built a Checkers AI Agent That Learns Like a Brain! 🤖♟️

Hello everyone! I just built a Checkers AI Agent that learns to play using the NEAT (NeuroEvolution of Augmenting Topologies) algorithm! 🧠♟️

After a long time of learning and building, I finally created a Checkers AI Agent that mimics biology using the NEAT algorithm.

This AI doesn’t just play; it learns through self-play and evolves its neural network structure over time, just like a brain. Inspired by AlphaGo, I wanted to explore how AI can mimic biological evolution — and watching it get smarter is honestly exciting.

It’s still at a basic level, but seeing it grow and learn on its own makes it incredibly rewarding. You can play against the AI in your browser or train your own models.
It is also open source.
Try it online, check out the code, or contribute!
🔗 Play now: https://checkers-using-neat1.onrender.com/
🔗 GitHub: https://github.com/benasphy/Checkers_Using_NEAT

⭐ Don’t forget to star, fork.
For questions or contributions DM @benasphy

This is lowkey me. Atp I need a fridge full of coca cola😭😌

Lol😂