--- title: Understanding Abstractions in Neural Networks | daily.dev description: This post explores the concept of abstraction in neural networks and its importance in cognition. Abstraction is the act of ignoring irrelevant details and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/understanding-abstractions-in-neural-networks-00zwxulmy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Understanding Abstractions in Neural Networks | daily.dev og:description: This post explores the concept of abstraction in neural networks and its importance in cognition. Abstraction is the act of ignoring irrelevant details and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/understanding-abstractions-in-neural-networks-00zwxulmy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/00ZWxuLMY.png og:image:alt: Understanding Abstractions in Neural Networks og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Understanding Abstractions in Neural Networks **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 11 min read · 6 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary This post explores the concept of abstraction in neural networks and its importance in cognition. Abstraction is the act of ignoring irrelevant details and focusing on the relevant parts. Neural networks implement abstraction by using non-injective mappings and discarding irrelevant features. Abstraction is closely related to generalization, where more abstract assumptions lead to more widely applicable conclusions. Abstraction plays a crucial role in our ability to understand and learn from the world around us. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#deep-learning](https://daily.dev/tags/deep-learning), [#neural-networks](https://daily.dev/tags/neural-networks) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/understanding-abstractions-in-neural-networks-00zwxulmy) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Understanding Abstractions in Neural Networks","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/understanding-abstractions-in-neural-networks-00zwxulmy","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/understanding-abstractions-in-neural-networks-00zwxulmy"},"datePublished":"2024-05-15T13:40:37.206Z","dateModified":"2024-05-15T13:40:36.835Z","description":"This post explores the concept of abstraction in neural networks and its importance in cognition. Abstraction is the act of ignoring irrelevant details and...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f49068abcf4c8d9a0d253ed021a0f4ba?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/f49068abcf4c8d9a0d253ed021a0f4ba?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Medium","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Medium","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/medium","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/understanding-abstractions-in-neural-networks-00zwxulmy","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":6},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"deep-learning,neural-networks","timeRequired":"PT11M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Medium","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Understanding Abstractions in Neural Networks"}]} ```