Artificial Intelligence By Example

Intuitive approach

To understand a kernel intuitively, keep the sun and cleaning tiles examples in mind. In this section, a photograph of a cat will show how kernels work.

In a model analyzing cats, the initial photograph would look like this:

Cat photograph for model analyzing

On the first run of this layer, even with no training, an untrained kernel will transform the photograph.

Cat photograph transformation

The first layer already has begun isolating the features of the cat. The edges have begun to appear: the cat's body, ears, nose, and ...