I started with Andrew Ng's Machine Learning course on Coursera [1]. He presents the entire subject, including NNs and prerequisite theory, in a non-intimidating

I started with Andrew Ng's Machine Learning course on Coursera [1]. He presents the entire subject, including NNs and prerequisite theory, in a non-intimidating, intuitive fashion. There are simple coding exercises, such as digit recognition using NNs. Once you're familiar with the basics, you can go deeper into the subject with the books suggested here. [1]: https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning