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Neural Network Training Explained: From Prediction to Learning

This series of posts details the process of training a simple neural network from scratch. Part 1 introduces the concept of a single-neuron model for Celsius to Fahrenheit conversion, explaining how it makes predictions and measures its errors using a loss function. Part 2 builds upon this by introducing the gradient and optimizer steps, demonstrating how the model adjusts its parameters through repeated cycles of forward pass, loss calculation, gradient computation, and parameter updates to learn the correct conversion. AI

IMPACT Explains the foundational mechanics of neural network training, crucial for understanding how AI models learn and improve.

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Neural Network Training Explained: From Prediction to Learning

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Dinesh Kumar Ramasamy ·

    From API to GPU, Week 7: The Training Loop, Written by Hand

    <p><em>Phase 2 of 8: Enough ML to understand inference. Week 7 of 32.</em></p> <blockquote> <p><strong>The goal:</strong> train the same temperature converter while following each step:<br /> make a prediction, measure its error, work out which way to adjust the weight<br /> and …

  2. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Dinesh Kumar Ramasamy ·

    From API to GPU, Week 6 (Part 2): Watching a Neural Network Learn

    <p><em>Phase 2 of 8: Enough ML to understand inference. Week 6 of 32, part 2 of 2.</em></p> <p>Part 1 built a one-neuron model that converts Celsius to Fahrenheit, made it<br /> predict, and scored how wrong it was with a single number, the loss. With random<br /> starting values…

  3. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Dinesh Kumar Ramasamy ·

    From API to GPU, Week 6 (Part 1): A Model That Predicts, and How Wrong It Is

    <p><em>Phase 2 of 8: Enough ML to understand inference. Week 6 of 32, part 1 of 2.</em></p> <p>Every week so far, the model already existed. I ran Phi-4, read Qwen's files, and<br /> measured tensors, but I never made a model learn anything. This week I build one<br /> from scrat…