If you wanted to learn why they worked, you had two choices.
If your goal is to truly understand how deep learning works—rather than just copying and pasting code—Michael Nielsen’s book is the best investment of your time. Whether you read it online or via a PDF, it remains the most lucid introduction to the mechanics of artificial intelligence. If you wanted to learn why they worked, you had two choices
He realized that the standard way of teaching the subject—through rigorous calculus and opaque theorems—was wrong. It scared people away. Instead, Nielsen decided to write a book that would function like a conversation with a brilliant, patient tutor. If you wanted to learn why they worked, you had two choices