For anyone who still sees ML as a big of a magic black box, I can't highly recommend this book enough: https://www.amazon.com/Make-Your-Own-Neural-Network-ebook/dp... it does a fantastic job of breaking down the concepts into incredibly straightforward ideas.
In fact, the linked article does (IMO) a terrible job at touching on NN by displaying a large equation without a great deal of context - possibly the last thing anyone actually needs when trying to grok the basic principles behind a NN
In fact, the linked article does (IMO) a terrible job at touching on NN by displaying a large equation without a great deal of context - possibly the last thing anyone actually needs when trying to grok the basic principles behind a NN