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The Importance of Regularization in Neural Network Training
In order for a network to accurately learn, it needs sufficient samples to understand the relevant information. However, even seemingly irrelevant information can be useful in reducing training loss. Therefore, claiming that adding extra dimensions is always beneficial is not necessarily true. It depends on having the perfect regularizer, model, and training regime. Prior knowledge about useless information can be helpful in improving generalization.