Is the Internet a Neural Network?

Question

I tend to think it's not because all the data we find on the internet
was outputted directly by humans. The internet could not have gathered information only to "learn" and converge on a single output.

Tell me your opinions and reason why! Thanks.

Answer 1

No, it's not a neural network. The internet isn't using its content to solve a given problem, it's a dumb vessel for our (humans) content. It really knows nothing about itself. The only similarity, as pointed out, is that it is a network and its topology does sort of represent a neural network.

Answer 2

A neural network is something that is supposedly to be in your brain. Neural networks can be simulated by hardware or software and it is very precisely described in literature and on the Internet.

Internet is a huge net of interconnected computers and their users.

The only similarity is the "network" word. Not much to build on.

Answer 3

Well, it sort of is.It's a little commercialized but still neutral. What some people want to do is kill that idea so that they can pretty much monopolize it. Big bucks equals big bandwidth. It would really be a mess. I wonder how long the neutrality will last myself. I say by the time my kids are grown I'll be saying "i remember when the Internet was free". I think if neutrality is not preserved it will become pretty much like television. The only thing that's free will suck. It will give Isp's the ability to cut bandwidth to sites that are competitors, or maybe even block them, but why block them when you can cripple them. Think of it. If you cable provider is your internet provider, they could limit bandwidth to sites with vod, or streaming video. Your dsl provider could block voip so you have to pay long distance phone charges. AT&T yahoo could only allow you to use yahoo messenger. and so on and so on. The internet would turn into the kind of thing that is only there for greedy corporations to get your money.