Because a deep RNN is a much simpler system than the brain, that also operates through the parallel/distributed activity of connected input/output units, where the efficacy of connections plays a key role in its operation. If we can’t understand that how can we hope to understand the brain?

Right, excellent point. Let's write a paper like that 😀

Turns out @macshine.bsky.social scooped our title…. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...