Donald Hebb — Bapak Hebbian Learning

Psikolog Kanada, menulis *The Organization of Behavior* (1949) yang memperkenalkan **Hebbian learning** — aturan belajar yang masih relevan di AI modern.

Hebb: Hebbian learning (1949), neuroscience, McGill, father of modern connectionism.

June 21, 2026 1 min people

Donald Hebb

Biodata

Lahir: 22 Juli 1904, Chester, Nova Scotia
Meninggal: 20 Agustus 1985
Profesi: Psychologist

Kontribusi

Hebbian learning (1949) — aturan belajar pertama untuk neural network:

“When an axon of cell A is near enough to excite cell B and repeatedly or persistently takes part in firing it, some growth process or metabolic change takes place in one or both cells such that A’s efficiency, as one of the cells firing B, is increased.”
Disebut juga: “neurons that fire together, wire together”

Buku

The Organization of Behavior: A Neuropsychological Theory (1949)

Karier

McGill University — professor

Signifikansi

Hebbian learning adalah dasar untuk hampir semua unsupervised learning di neural network. STDP (Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity) di neuroscience adalah versi modernnya.