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Advanced Deep Learning with Keras

By : Rowel Atienza
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Advanced Deep Learning with Keras

By: Rowel Atienza

Overview of this book

Recent developments in deep learning, including Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Variational Autoencoders (VAEs), and Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) are creating impressive AI results in our news headlines - such as AlphaGo Zero beating world chess champions, and generative AI that can create art paintings that sell for over $400k because they are so human-like. Advanced Deep Learning with Keras is a comprehensive guide to the advanced deep learning techniques available today, so you can create your own cutting-edge AI. Using Keras as an open-source deep learning library, you'll find hands-on projects throughout that show you how to create more effective AI with the latest techniques. The journey begins with an overview of MLPs, CNNs, and RNNs, which are the building blocks for the more advanced techniques in the book. You’ll learn how to implement deep learning models with Keras and TensorFlow 1.x, and move forwards to advanced techniques, as you explore deep neural network architectures, including ResNet and DenseNet, and how to create autoencoders. You then learn all about GANs, and how they can open new levels of AI performance. Next, you’ll get up to speed with how VAEs are implemented, and you’ll see how GANs and VAEs have the generative power to synthesize data that can be extremely convincing to humans - a major stride forward for modern AI. To complete this set of advanced techniques, you'll learn how to implement DRL such as Deep Q-Learning and Policy Gradient Methods, which are critical to many modern results in AI.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Advanced Deep Learning with Keras
Contributors
Preface
Other Books You May Enjoy
Index

Functional API


In the sequential model that we first introduced in Chapter 1, Introducing Advanced Deep Learning with Keras, a layer is stacked on top of another layer. Generally, the model will be accessed through its input and output layers. We also learned that there is no simple mechanism if we find ourselves wanting to add an auxiliary input at the middle of the network, or even to extract an auxiliary output before the last layer.

That model also had its downside, for example, it doesn't support graph-like models or models that behave like Python functions. In addition, it's also difficult to share layers between the two models. Such limitations are addressed by the functional API and are the reason why it's a vital tool for anyone wanting to work with deep learning models.

The Functional API is guided by the following two concepts:

  • A layer is an instance that accepts a tensor as an argument. The output of a layer is another tensor. To build a model, the layer instances are objects that...