I don't particularly agree with the author, as I think they are mixing up the mathematical theory and the computational part of it. Yes you can pull Tensorflow

I don't particularly agree with the author, as I think they are mixing up the mathematical theory and the computational part of it. Yes you can pull Tensorflow and start creating layers without much knowledge in Algebra, just like you can use cryptography software without a PhD in Number theory, or apply Photoshop filters without understanding convolution. But this is only possible because _other_ people do have that knowledge and distilled it down to a form you can use from the get go.