Problems with CNNs

Many may claim that the hierarchically nested pattern recognition technique leveraged by CNNs very much resembles the functioning of our own visual cortex. This may be true at a certain level. However, the visual cortex implements a much more complex architecture and makes it run efficiently on about 10 watts of energy. Our visual cortex also does not easily get fooled by images where face-like features appear, (although this phenomenon occurs often enough to have secured its proper term in modern neuroscience. Pareidolia is a term associated with the human mind interpreting signals in a manner to generate higher-level concepts, where none actually exists. Scientists have shown how this phenomenon is related to the earlier activation of neurons located in the fusiform gyrus area of the visual cortex, responsible for several visual recognition and classification...