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Understanding Neural Networks Through Deep Visualization

How Neural Networks See Images — Simple Tools to Look Inside

Smart image models can do amazing things, but it's hard to know what they are doing inside.
Two easy tools let anyone peek under the hood.
One shows live activations — moving pictures of what the model lights up when you point a webcam or upload a photo — it helps builds a clear sense of how the system reacts to a face, a pet, or a messy background.
The other makes clearer images that reveal the kinds of patterns the model cares about, by nudging pixels until the picture looks like what the model wants to see.
Together these visual tools give people an instant feel for how choices inside the model change what it notices, and that kind of intuition makes it easier to trust and improve the system.
Both tools is open source and run with little setup, so you can try them on your own photos and watch what happens.
Play with them, it's simple and kinda surprising.

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Understanding Neural Networks Through Deep Visualization

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