Brooks says the networks shown in his figure have adjustable weights counted in the hundreds of billions, which he says occupy over a terabyte of storage.
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Rodney Brooks, “Brooks says the networks shown in his figure have adjustable weights counted in the hundreds of billions, which he says occupy over a terabyte of storage.” (said 1 January 2026). Verdict: not researched. Reliability API, claim c_5ba1edfdea2d, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_5ba1edfdea2d
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