this is more important than it looks

[scruffy]

Neural network representations of multiphase Equations of State - Scientific Reports

Equations of State model relations between thermodynamic variables and are ubiquitous in scientific modelling, appearing in modern day applications ranging from Astrophysics to Climate Science. The three desired properties of a general Equation of State model are adherence to the Laws of...

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This is a neural network that models the state space.

That means, if it has another neural network as it's input, it understands the dynamics of the input.

State spaces are notoriously difficult to visualize in more than 3 dimensions. For example, the state space of the simplest nerve cell is 4 dimensional, according to the Hodgkin-Huxley equation.

State maps are how we predict the evolution of things like hurricanes and tornados. We don't do a great job at that, because we can't see the whole trajectory.

But this neural network can.

 

[Innocynioc]

In the part of Alabama where I grew up we learned all that in 8th grade science.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

Neural network representations of multiphase Equations of State - Scientific Reports

Equations of State model relations between thermodynamic variables and are ubiquitous in scientific modelling, appearing in modern day applications ranging from Astrophysics to Climate Science. The three desired properties of a general Equation of State model are adherence to the Laws of...

www.nature.com

This is a neural network that models the state space.

That means, if it has another neural network as it's input, it understands the dynamics of the input.

Mechanisms cannot be said to "understand" anything if you can explain what this means physically then I'll consider it but until then this is just word play, fiction, comic book stuff. You've avoided my direct question about this problem domain ever since I joined here in July and I suspect you'll do so again.

If you don't know what "understand" means then how can you use the term here?

State spaces are notoriously difficult to visualize in more than 3 dimensions. For example, the state space of the simplest nerve cell is 4 dimensional, according to the Hodgkin-Huxley equation.

State maps are how we predict the evolution of things like hurricanes and tornados. We don't do a great job at that, because we can't see the whole trajectory.

But this neural network can.