iamnotafish

Does this mean that the "global minimum for a given function" can be the global minimum for a neuron in ML? Sounds like it does.

As other have said, read Mikhail Bulgakov, including his "Heart of a Dog".

Also try Italo Calvino, his short stories are especially good. Calvino writes in many different literary styles, and magical realism is often at the core of his stories. "The Baron In The Trees" was one of the first books I read by him.

For when you have the mental space, a rather interesting / meta Calvino book: If on a Winter's Night a Traveler