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Re:Open source deep learning models that programmers can dow... by _nx010_ on Friday June 16, 2017 @12:09PM (#14570143)
They use matrices for computational efficiency. That's why linear algebra (along with diff equations and probability theory) is one of the prerequisites for any non-mooc machine learning course.
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Re:Open source deep learning models that programmers can dow... by Houshalter on Friday June 16, 2017 @01:15PM (#14570760)
I've programmed neural networks without knowing any linear algebra. When I needed to figure out how to use vector operations for speed, it took like 5 minutes to search for matrix multiplication on wikipedia. You can't get by without even knowing that, as element wise operations can do everything just as fast.
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