Beginner-friendly guide

Gradient Descent Algorithm 101

Understand the optimization algorithm widely used in Machine and Deep Learning

Pol Marin
6 min readApr 25, 2023

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The slope of a mountain — Photo by Ralph (Ravi) Kayden on Unsplash

Imagine you are a drop of water on top of a mountain, and your goal is to get to the lake situated right at the base of the mountain. That tall mountain has different slopes and obstacles, so going down following a…

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