Re:The Modern Mathematics of Deep Learning
by hogFeast on Saturday June 12, 2021 @04:51PM
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It also doesn't really work if you have to tackle a new problem.
I stopped studying maths well before university. I am not some kind of math super genius. But working on my own stuff, which did involve new problems, I was up the creek fairly quickly without a solid mathematical understanding of the techniques I was trying to use.
I don't think the bar is particularly high here. Solid understanding of stats, ESL...but I have seen people shotgunning models (I did this years ago too), and that isn't going to work very long.
Also, I don't really understand why you wouldn't study some of this stuff. Maths as taught in schools treats you like a meat calculator...that isn't fun. But if you are interested in ML, going through Stats, Linear Algebra...it is pretty interesting because there are so many clear connections with your work.
I stopped studying maths well before university. I am not some kind of math super genius. But working on my own stuff, which did involve new problems, I was up the creek fairly quickly without a solid mathematical understanding of the techniques I was trying to use.
I don't think the bar is particularly high here. Solid understanding of stats, ESL...but I have seen people shotgunning models (I did this years ago too), and that isn't going to work very long.
Also, I don't really understand why you wouldn't study some of this stuff. Maths as taught in schools treats you like a meat calculator...that isn't fun. But if you are interested in ML, going through Stats, Linear Algebra...it is pretty interesting because there are so many clear connections with your work.