unit 1.9 - Neural Networks: what is next in this course?

So far in this course we have covered the material:

• introduction to machine learning

• artificial neural networks, neurons

• multi-layer perceptrons, stacks of linear layers and non-linearities

• back-propagation and gradient descent

• professional training scripts

What is next in this course?

Units 2, 3, 4

We will study neural networks for sequences of data, such as word in a sentence. We will quickly learn how to build our own state-of-the-art word and language models and try to replicate ChatGPT and similar. We will learn more complex neural network architectures such as convolutions and Transformers.

Unit 5

We will take an overview on neural networks building blocks and popular and historic neural architectures.

Units 6, 7, 8

We will look into more advanced deep learning and neural networks topics, such as non-supervised learning, advanced models of the brain and general artificial intelligence (AGI), reinforcement learning.