Chances are, if you’re reading this article, you’re familiar with the work of Ivan Pavlov: The Russian researcher who trained his dogs to salivate on command through classical conditioning methods.

A research team led by Professor Han Zhang at Shenzhen University has pioneered a novel optical neural network that learns like a living organism—without relying on traditional computing algorithms.

Chances are, if you’re reading this article, you’re familiar with the work of Ivan Pavlov: The Russian researcher who trained his dogs to salivate on command through classical conditioning methods.