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
that look a lot like neurons and are wired up together as neurons are.

制造出具备大脑功能的机器
One consideration in all of this is that

这里的一个问题便是
this is a very young field

这还是一个新兴的领域
and nobody knows how to do it yet.

没有人知道该怎样进行研究