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AI ~4 mingradient descent, learning rate, stability
Why a bigger step can make learning slower
Turn up the learning rate and watch training fall apart.
AI · ~4 min · live model
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The idea behind this lab (open after you’ve tried it)
The steepest direction caps how big a step can be. Past that limit, every update overshoots by more than the last.
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