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computation

[kom-pyoo-tey-shuhn] / ˌkɒm pjʊˈteɪ ʃən /


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To investigate how much computation a single neuron can perform, the researchers created a new method for measuring the computational complexity of individual brain cells.

From Science Daily Aug. 13, 2026

The achievement reflects a broader transformation in neuroscience, where progress increasingly depends as much on engineering and computation as on biology.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

Over time, researchers may find ways to make models more efficient, reduce the amount of computation required, or change model architectures in ways that bend the cost curve meaningfully lower.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 2026

Markets are not data puzzles to be “solved” by powerful computation.

From MarketWatch Jun. 1, 2026

The os in his calculations were only intermediaries, crutches that vanished miraculously by the end of the computation.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Even so, some have already outgrown those computations.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

The Fields Medal, regarded as the Nobel prize equivalent for mathematics, was handed out on Thursday in the US as human computations are increasingly challenged by AI.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

This is a model that abstracts away from anatomical detail to focus on the core computations done by simple brains.

From Science Daily Jun. 5, 2026

Under the hood, chatbots and the A.I. bots they power are nothing but a series of static math computations strung together in rapid succession.

From Slate May 25, 2026

The upshot is that your computations are necessarily based on a series of nested assumptions, any of which could be a source of contention.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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