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I Built a Neural Network in Minecraft - Analog Redstone Network with Backprop and Optimizer (No Mods)

Yannic Kilcher via YouTube

Overview

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Explore the construction of an analog neural network in vanilla Minecraft without mods or command blocks in this innovative video tutorial. Learn how Redstone wire power strengths carry signals through a hidden layer, incorporating nonlinearities, automatic backpropagation, and weight updates. Dive into explanations of Redstone components, analog multiplication techniques, and gradient descent for square root computation. Witness a live demonstration of the neural network in action, followed by a detailed breakdown of the network schema. Observe the network learning process as it adapts to a datapoint, and gain insights into the potential applications of this unique Minecraft creation.

Syllabus

- Intro & Overview
- Redstone Components Explained
- Analog Multiplication in Redstone
- Gradient Descent for Square Root Computation
- Neural Network Demonstration
- Network Schema Explained
- The Network Learns a Datapoint
- Outro & Conclusion

Taught by

Yannic Kilcher

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