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[19] Dumitru Erhan - Understanding Deep Architectures and the Effect of Unsupervised Pretraining

The Thesis Review

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Transformations in Deep Learning

This chapter explores the evolution of image recognition technology at Google during the deep learning revolution around 2012. The speaker shares their insights on the transition from traditional computer vision to advanced deep neural networks, emphasizing significant milestones like AlexNet and GoogleNet. The discussion also covers challenges in reinforcement learning, the debate over model-free versus model-based approaches, and the complexities of applying unsupervised learning in practice.

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