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A Conceptual Introduction to Deep Learning

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Artificial Intelligence/Machine learning (AI/ML), especially deep learning, is becoming increasingly popular. Many also believe they are having/will have transformational impacts on many scientific fields. But important questions remain, such as: - Are these methods really that different from traditional statistical approaches? - How, exactly, do they even work? - Why, in particular, should we even expect them to work? - And, most importantly: what will it take to believe them when they make novel discoveries? I’ll try to lead discussion on some of these questions, highlight some of the practical and philosophical areas they intersect with, and aim to provide some answers/perspectives on some of them (as time permits).

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