Similarity between a wildfire and activity of digital “neurons” in deep neural networks (IMAGE)

School of Science, The University of Tokyo

Similarity between a wildfire and activity of digital “neurons” in deep neural networks

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Both a wildfire and activity of digital “neurons” exhibit a phase transition from an active to an absorbing phase. Once a system reaches an absorbing phase, it cannot escape from it without outside help.

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Tamai et al 2025

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