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by ddxv 22 days ago
What is autodiff?
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nivter 22 days ago
Automatic differentiation. For any DAG with a scalar output, it allows calculating its partial derivative wrt the input parameters.
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Rexxar 22 days ago
I don't understand what the use automatic differentiation for in this context.
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nivter 21 days ago
Some use cases and examples are provided here: https://www.tinyvolt.com/blog/bringing-autodiff-to-geometry
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