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arxiv 1703.07950 v2 pith:YLPIZEXW submitted 2017-03-23 cs.LG cs.NEstat.ML

Failures of Gradient-Based Deep Learning

classification cs.LG cs.NEstat.ML
keywords deeplearningalgorithmsdifficultiesfailuresgradient-basedapplicationsapproaches
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In recent years, Deep Learning has become the go-to solution for a broad range of applications, often outperforming state-of-the-art. However, it is important, for both theoreticians and practitioners, to gain a deeper understanding of the difficulties and limitations associated with common approaches and algorithms. We describe four types of simple problems, for which the gradient-based algorithms commonly used in deep learning either fail or suffer from significant difficulties. We illustrate the failures through practical experiments, and provide theoretical insights explaining their source, and how they might be remedied.

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