Curious Pandas

Machine Learning

A function with knobs, and the maths that turns them.

  1. 1Learning is turning knobsA model is a function with knobs. Training nudges every knob a little, over and over, to make the answers less wrong. Watch it happen live.
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    14 min+35 XP
  2. 2Why hidden layers existOne layer of knobs can only draw a straight line. Try a checkerboard with a straight line, hit the wall, then get past it two different ways.
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    16 min+40 XP
  3. 3Memorising is not learningA model can score perfectly on its practice questions and fail the exam. Make one overfit on purpose, and learn the habit that catches it.
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    15 min+40 XP

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