@JustinKaz We do have a few NN experts on this site, just that they tend to be busy, and not generally active on chat.

This is a very interesting theoretical question. My advice would be to post and actual question and use the "theorics" and "ai-basics" tag in conjunction with "machine-learning" and "unassisted-learning" tags. Even if your intent is creative (fiction, etc.), that's a legit aspect of the wider scope of the field of AI, where certain writers such as Asimov have used narrative to convey important concepts to the general public, which in turn supports the serious research by…