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AI training fundamentals: Gradient descent and AdamW explained

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Two articles from Towards AI delve into the fundamental concepts of machine learning training. The first article explains the limitations of gradients in training large models, highlighting the necessity of optimizers like AdamW. The second article explores the intuition behind gradient descent, demystifying how machine learning models learn through mathematical processes. AI

IMPACT Explains core concepts of AI model training, including optimizers and gradient descent.

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Towards AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Utkarsh Mittal ·

    Why AdamW Exists: The Six Things a Gradient Cannot Tell You

    <div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://pub.towardsai.net/why-adamw-exists-the-six-things-a-gradient-cannot-tell-you-5f7c9ef384bb?source=rss----98111c9905da---4"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1476/1*A64ul3k3M0tKDA5pbhAcsQ.png" w…

  2. Towards AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Naveen ·

    The Foggy Mountain: The Intuition Behind Gradient Descent

    <div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://pub.towardsai.net/the-foggy-mountain-the-intuition-behind-gradient-descent-e8cbc803cd23?source=rss----98111c9905da---4"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1376/1*Gb6CL-jmXgwHgAFteQlTRg.png" wid…

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