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by Aeolos 3492 days ago
This is essential knowledge you can get from a number of different places: first semester of university, any sort of 3d or image/signal processing, or just plain old wikipedia.

You could still use a deep learning framework as a black box without knowing how to differentiate a function. However, you'd have trouble following any relevant blog post / scientific paper, understanding how it works or developing any relevant new algorithm.

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Okay, I'm sorry.

The article is well written, my brain just turns off if I read higher math.