Grokking Deep Learning
by Andrew Trask · first published 2019
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Clear, low-math introduction to deep learning with Python exercises. Its step-by-step explanations suit students with high school math who want to learn by coding.
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I've been following this book[0] Grokking Deep Learning. This isn't finished yet but in active development. I like the style of explanation. As of now, I've learned how to create a very simple neural network, a neural network with three input vectors and a…
on “Stanford Unsupervised Deep Learning Tutorial (2014)” ↗For the deep learning segment of ML I can recommend the still-being-written text https://www.manning.com/books/grokking-deep-learning. Very low math requirement, exercises in Python.
on “Machine Learning in a Year” ↗This left me with a lot of questions, it could definitely use more explanations between code examples. I had to do a lot of "reading between the lines". I've been reading https://www.manning.com/books/grokking-deep-learning and have been liking it better than this tutorial.
on “Linear Algebra for AI” ↗1. Grokking Deep Learning (Andrew W. Trask) and Neural Networks and Deep Learning (Michael Nielsen) 2. I'll probably be off-point here, but maybe The Book of Why (Judea Pearl) could be interesting reading for you. FloydHub has…
on “Ask HN: What Neural Networks/Deep Learning Books Should I Read?” ↗You should take a look at Grokking Deep Learning[1] by Andrew Trask. Its one of the few books on Deep Learning which a student with high school mathematics knowledge can read and understand. DL is about programming the computer so its expected you would…
on “How does a high school student get started with ML (especially DL)?” ↗Good post. I want to add several great resources. - Grokking Deep Learning https://www.manning.com/books/grokking-deep-learning This is a fantastic book that assumes no prerequisites other than knowing python, and takes you through the fundamentals of DL. It has very intuitive…
…companies work: Creativity Inc (Pixar), In the Plex (Google) - On writing: Art of fiction/nonfiction by Ayn Rand, Story (and Dialogue) by Robert McKee, Save the Cat, Step by Step to Standup Comedy. - Grokking Deep Learning - by far the simplest and clearest introduction into deep learning, starts from scratch and takes you through the whole thing, without any of the scary/overwhelming math. - Refactoring UI (design tips),…
on “Ask HN: Favorite nonfiction books of 2018?” ↗…I failed to learn it handfuls of times, trudging through formal education resources about integrals and backprop and matrix math. Eventually on one of my unemployment stints I found this book called Grokking Deep Learning and drove across the country and went into the redwoods in california, and I studied it for months on end. No internet on my desktop, only my laptop for looking stuff up. With no distractions the amount…
on “The U.S. economy shrugged off the tech bust” ↗…book is often given as an introductory ai book to people with no experience in ai or rl. This is unfortunate as it functions as neither a good rl book nor a good ai book. Wheras the introductory book Grokking Deep Learning walks you through implementing your own pytorch, and has a portion about rl near the end, then has a follow up book on rl, and it is trivial to have your own from scratch model and framework playing tic…
on “Richard Sutton and Andrew Barto Win 2024 Turing Award” ↗Ch 1-3 sample at https://manning-content.s3.amazonaws.com/download/2/0d079ab-... linked from https://www.manning.com/books/grokking-deep-learning
on “Grokking Deep Learning” ↗The book "Grokking Deep Learning"[0] which is currently under construction promises you that you'll learn how to build an A.I. that can (and even better than you) play Atari. Though there has been a slow progress but I'm keeping up my…
on “Beating Atari with Natural Language Guided Reinforcement Learning [pdf]” ↗If this blog post interests you, you may be interested in his book that is forthcoming: https://www.manning.com/books/grokking-deep-learning
on “A Neural Network in 11 Lines of Python (2015)” ↗The author is currently writing this book: https://www.manning.com/books/grokking-deep-learning
on “A Neural Network in 11 Lines of Python (2015)” ↗Hey, author of the linked post here The only other book I can think of is Andrew Trask's Grokking Deep Learning, but that book has many fundamental mistakes that I can't recommend it to anyone.
on “Nothing but NumPy:Understanding and Creating Binary Classification NNs” ↗Grokking Deep Learning - while it teaches the very basics of deep learning, it claims to teach you basic PyTorch at the end of the book. https://www.manning.com/books/grokking-deep-learning
on “Deep Learning with PyTorch” ↗