Prehistory — From Neural Networks to the TransformerMarvin Minsky, Seymour Papert
Minsky and Papert publish Perceptrons
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Published Perceptrons — proved that a single-layer perceptron cannot solve linearly inseparable problems such as XOR
Why it matters
Pinned down the limits mathematically, triggering a slump in neural network research that lasted 10 years or more
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