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Researchers Introduce Neural Developmental Programs for Growing Neural Networks

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OPSebastian Risi#1417Sebastian Risi@RISI1979

In addition to plasticity, another important property of biologically neural networks is growth. We explored how we can learn to grow neural networks through neural developmental programs

7:49 AM · May 26, 2026 View on X
QUOTE POSTSebastian Risi#1417Sebastian Risi@RISI1979

We started off exploring meta-learning through Hebbian plasticity in random networks. Mine and Elias first NeurIPS paper and a big help in getting that ERC grant!

2:49 PM · May 26, 2026 · 181 Views
QUOTE POSTSebastian Risi#1417Sebastian Risi@RISI1979

We further explored if growing a developmental network can be done through neural cellular automata in our HyperNCA work 🧬

2:49 PM · May 26, 2026 · 151 Views
REPLYSebastian Risi#1417Sebastian Risi@RISI1979

Elias was also an integral part in our lab's MarioGPT, EvoCraft, and Minecraft NCA work. More exciting work to come soon! Stay tuned!

Sebastian RisiSebastian Risi@risi1979

We further explored if growing a developmental network can be done through neural cellular automata in our HyperNCA work 🧬

2:49 PM · May 26, 2026 · 151 Views
2:49 PM · May 26, 2026 · 143 Views