American neurophysiologist and philosopher who co-developed the first mathematical model of artificial neural networks — showing how logical operations could be implemented in networks of simplified neurons.
A Logical Calculus of Ideas Immanent in Nervous Activity (1943, with Pitts): demonstrated that networks of McCulloch-Pitts neurons can compute any Boolean function — providing the theoretical foundation for both neural networks and the computational theory of mind. Co-founded cybernetics with Norbert Wiener.
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