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Autoencoders
High dimensional data is usually very structured, and this structure allows us to map the data to a smaller dimensional space without losing much information. For example, if this post is encoded with ASCII, it lives in a \((256)^{\text{length post}}\) point space. But since I’m writing in English, the sequence of characters “Life is a tale to... Read more 13 Apr 2018 - 2 minute read
Alligators, Dinosaurs, and Scaling
I was walking around a book store in Fremont and found an elementary math education book. While flipping through the book, I found the following neat problem. Suppose you find a dinosaur skeleton that looks like an alligator, except that it is twice as big. A typical alligator weighs 500 pounds. Estimate how much the dinosaur weighed? The a... Read more 13 Apr 2018 - 1 minute read