Our First Dance
About a year ago, we got engaged and started planning our wedding. As part of the planning process we were going through the typical traditional wedding agenda and choosing which things we wanted to do — a toast (yup); bouquet toss (nope); a wedding party (yup). We weren’t sure at first if we wanted to do a first dance, but then we had an idea:
A first dance is a chance to celebrate something that reflects our relationship for the first time as a married couple.
So we decided instead of a dance. we would share a first dance project instead. We know it would be a little cringy, but then again so is a first dance if you can’t dance.
Ok, now let’s get technical.
A neural network is an artificial intelligence algorithm that allows you to teach your computer how to do things based on a bunch of examples. A classic example, shown above, is “teaching” (or as it’s more commonly called “training”) a neural network how to distinguish a picture of a dog from a picture of a cat. This is done by feeding a bunch of cat and dog pictures into the network, telling it which is which, and allowing it to learn…
