So, there's a very simple computational network.

这是个非常简单的计算网络
That is interesting

有趣的是
because it kind of looks to some extent like the way neurons look

因为它看上去很像神经元的样子
and this is often known as neural networks.

所以通常都将它称之为神经网络
And people who study this

神经网络的研究者们
often claim to be studying neural network modeling

通常会说他们是在研究神经网络模型
to try to build smart machines

试图通过模仿大脑反应
by modeling them after brains.

而制造出智能机器
And in the last 20 years or So,

在过去的二十多年里
this has been a huge and vibrant area of study

这是一个非常活跃的研究领域
where people are trying to wire up machines

研究者们试图应用
that can do brain-like things from components

外表和连结方式均与神经元相类似的元件