Build a Simple Neural Network in 3 Minutes ⚡

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We will cover how a simple neural network can predict a light or dark font for a given background color. In particular, we will animate the entire process of forward propagation which is how a neural network executes a prediction.

The source code is here: https://github.com/thomasnield/3mds/blob/main/20230904_neural_networks.py

This video has been inspired by 3Blue1Brown, and special thanks to Grant Sanderson and the ManimCE community.

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