Fast.ai Part 2: Deep Learning from the Foundations • Hacker News Board

Re: Fast.ai Part 2: Deep Learning from the Foundations

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Post by tectonic » Fri, Jun 28, 2019, 6:57 PM UTC

I did fast.ai last year and it was fantastic.

Re: Fast.ai Part 2: Deep Learning from the Foundations

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Post by epiphanitus » Mon, Jul 01, 2019, 4:46 AM UTC

jph00 wrote: post #12

Nice to see this on the front page! :D There's some more info about the Swift lessons on the TensorFlow blog here: https://medium.com/@tensorflow/3ee7dfb68387 Happy to answer any questions you all might have.

Been starting your DL course and it's amazing. I love how your approach is both ambitious and practical at the same time.

You mentioned you studied philosophy as an undergrad. How did you end up working with analytics and DL?

(I know this is an old thread but I couldn't resist)

Re: Fast.ai Part 2: Deep Learning from the Foundations

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Post by phy6 » Mon, Jul 01, 2019, 3:53 PM UTC

dpflan wrote: post #9

phy6 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I started using the techniques immediately, for applicable deep learning and NLP projects. There's no need to finish the entire course to get some actionable rapid prototyping done. Each lecture is nearly self contained once you're comfortable with the basics.

Thanks! Was this for work or personal use?

Both, as most of my projects are aligned with my personal startup, and other projects are for a salaried startup.