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I also took that course. It might be a bit due to my less than stellar math background but mostly due to the way Geoff explains stuff that I had a really hard t

I also took that course. It might be a bit due to my less than stellar math background but mostly due to the way Geoff explains stuff that I had a really hard time keeping up. I ended up giving up and not bothering with deep learning and neural nets until the amazing, legendary, awesome CS231n was made available taught by Andrej Karpathy. I don't know what it is about the way Andrej teaches but it's so good that I literally binge watched all of CS231n over a weekend and then went back to the start and watched again while working through the exercises. Just goes to show that not every teaching style will fit every student and that's why online learning has a big future - teaching/learning style compatibility is a hugely under-appreciated issue. I admire Geoff Hinton. I'm also proud of his accomplishments as a fellow Canadian. But I'm not in sync with the way he explains stuff though I'll always watch every lecture and presentation he puts out on video.

modeless 6y ago
It was definitely not a casual course. I went in hoping for a graduate level course and that's what it was. I had to spend a lot of time on it. I didn't find the math too advanced but understanding the lectures and doing the exercises took a while. Karpathy's CS231n was indeed another great course. We're really spoiled for choice these days.
- nx7487 6y ago
  Risk vs reward, you probably _can't_ get a "career changing" course without making it too difficult for some people.
lordnacho 6y ago
The real benefit of this online course thing is that you can find multiple explanations of anything, instead of being stuck with whoever is teaching at your institution.
huseyinkeles 6y ago
Karpathy really knows how to teach and keep you engaged. Random anecdote; I learned how to solve Rubik’s cube and get to sub 30 seconds by watching his YouTube channel ~10 years ago (He was a PhD student at Stanford at the time). I was always amazed by his teaching skills even back then. https://youtube.com/user/badmephisto/videos https://youtube.com/user/badmephisto/videos

modeless 6y ago

It was definitely not a casual course. I went in hoping for a graduate level course and that's what it was. I had to spend a lot of time on it. I didn't find the math too advanced but understanding the lectures and doing the exercises took a while. Karpathy's CS231n was indeed another great course. We're really spoiled for choice these days.

nx7487 6y ago
Risk vs reward, you probably _can't_ get a "career changing" course without making it too difficult for some people.

lordnacho 6y ago

The real benefit of this online course thing is that you can find multiple explanations of anything, instead of being stuck with whoever is teaching at your institution.

huseyinkeles 6y ago

Karpathy really knows how to teach and keep you engaged. Random anecdote; I learned how to solve Rubik’s cube and get to sub 30 seconds by watching his YouTube channel ~10 years ago (He was a PhD student at Stanford at the time). I was always amazed by his teaching skills even back then. https://youtube.com/user/badmephisto/videos https://youtube.com/user/badmephisto/videos