Why We Need Bias in Neural Networks

One time when bias is not something bad

Łukasz Gebel
Towards Data Science
7 min readAug 21, 2020

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Green neuron cell connected with other neuron cells.
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The term “bias” has a lot of pejorative connotations. When we think of it, we see unfair treatment, prejudice, discrimination, or favoring someone or something. And it’s natural. We live in a world where, unfortunately, all of these things take place. However, words have many meanings depending on the context, and surprisingly even bias…

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