DeepMind x UCL | Deep Learning Lectures | 11/12 | Modern Latent Variable Models

[@leixun]

*DeepMind x UCL | Deep Learning Lectures | 11/12 | Modern Latent Variable Models* *My takeaways:* *1. Lecture outline **0:38* *2. Generative modeling **1:45* 2.1 Introduction of generative models 1:50 2.2 Progress in generative models 6:30 2.3 Types of generative models 8:00 *3. Latent variable models & inference **15:11* *4. Invertible models & exact inference **30:15* *5. Variational inference (VI) **41:47* *6. Gradient estimation in VI **1:10:25* *7. Variational autoencoders **1:22:15* *8. Conclusion **1:27:04*

[@user-or7ji5hv8y]

best presentation on generative approach so far.

[@SempoiGiler]

Thank you, really grateful for these kinds of educational videos, especially from a country where AI research can be considered non-existence. While I have a big desire to learn it. The knowledge shared is so precious to me. Thanks thanks thanks.

[@colevfrank]

Superb lecture--very clear explanation of variational autoencoders and the associated tradeoffs between ease of inference and modeling flexibility/power

[@user-or7ji5hv8y]

thank you so much for posting these videos!

[@youvenzful]

Big thanks for this incredible overview of latent variable models in a such short time presentation! Indeed, some additional material or literature recommendations on the subject could have been helpful.

[@learnml7034]

Great presentation - very clear!

[@patricknnamdi2203]

This was great, thanks!

[@lukn4100]

Great lecture and big thanks to DeepMind for sharing this great content.

[@bryanbosire]

good work expounding on applications of statistical inference in generative models

[@freemind.d2714]

The slides seem missing, please fix the link!

[@bingeltube]

Unfortunately, Mnih provides very few references in video and slides

[@user-or7ji5hv8y]

How about conjugate prior for tractability?

[@user-or7ji5hv8y]

What is a factorial prior?

[@tunestar]

Love the topic!! On to the lesson...

[@tunestar]

Ok, it sucked! Why? Too much theory and math, very few practical examples.

[@郭绍彤]

I never tease people like you