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> There isnt something [edit: a function] they can't learn. This is way too sloppy. There isn't something neural nets can't be made to represent - but possibil
by pekk 10y ago
> There isnt something [edit: a function] they can't learn.
This is way too sloppy. There isn't something neural nets can't be made to represent - but possibility of representation isn't the same as learning. Learning is not a property of neural nets, it is a property of parameter-adjusting algorithms like backpropagation which don't exactly match up with the representational universality of neural nets.
"Neural nets" have nothing to do with brains or "the way we think." This is marketing crapola.
- return0 10y agothe universal approx theorem is not sloppy. "Learning" and "Representation" are sloppy terms. Neural nets have a little bit of something "to do with brains". They were inspired by connectionist ideas. I am all for avoiding marketing speak, but i dont find extremes useful.