Re:Neural Networks in JavaScript with Deeplearn.js
by jorgemf on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @10:25AM
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> Data size is another reason. If I want to categorize 50GB of images using a 300MB model it makes a lot more sense to download the model than upload the data.
The faster the network is the more reasons you have to upload your data. The time to process an image in the cloud is going to be virtually 0 with small latency as the resources in the cloud are huge compared with what you can have at home.
Privacy is one reason I can think of. By running the trained network locally I can benefit from it without sharing all my data with the company serving it.
Data size is another reason. If I want to categorize 50GB of images using a 300MB model it makes a lot more sense to download the model than upload the data.
8) There are no useful applications in web sites for neural networks.
I admit that I haven't got a clue how these things will be useful. If I did then I'd have started a business to implement it already. My lack of insight isn't a good reason to suggest they'll never be useful though.