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Vision Transformers for Satellite Images, Without the Jargon

· machine-learning

How a model that reads images in patches can map vegetation, water and land use from space, and why satellite data is weirder than your phone photos.

Gradient Descent Is Just Walking Downhill Blindfolded

· machine-learning

The algorithm behind almost every neural network, explained with a foggy hill, a careful hiker and a learning rate that's either too shy or too brave.