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Label Smoothing

Softening target labels to prevent overconfidence and improve generalization.

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8 stops · basics first
  1. Dataset ✓ understood

    A collection of data examples used for training, validating, or testing machine learning models.

  2. Training ✓ understood

    The process of fitting a model to data by repeatedly measuring how wrong its outputs are and adjusting its parameters to reduce that error.

  3. Loss Function ✓ understood

    A function that scores how wrong a model's prediction is as a single number, which training then works to make as small as possible.

  4. Machine Learning ✓ understood

    Building systems that learn patterns from data instead of following hand-written rules, getting better at a task as they see more examples.

  5. Neural Network ✓ understood

    A computational model inspired by biological neural networks, consisting of interconnected nodes (neurons) organized in layers that process information through weighted connections.

  6. Activation Function ✓ understood

    A non-linear function applied to neuron outputs that introduces non-linearity, enabling networks to learn complex patterns.

  7. Softmax ✓ understood

    A function that turns a list of scores (logits) into probabilities that are all positive and sum to 1; the standard output of classifiers and language models.

  8. Cross-Entropy Loss ✓ understood

    A loss function for classification that measures the difference between predicted and true probability distributions.

  9. Label Smoothing · you are here ✓ understood

Softening target labels to prevent overconfidence and improve generalization.

This concept is essential for understanding training & optimization and forms a key part of modern AI systems.

  • Regularization
  • Training
  • Classification

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Label Smoothing

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Evaluation Calibration Ensuring predicted probabilities accurately reflect true likelihood of outcomes. Training Mixup Data augmentation creating synthetic examples by interpolating between training examples and their labels. Training Regularization Techniques to prevent overfitting by adding constraints or penalties to the model (L1, L2, dropout, early stopping). Training Knowledge Distillation Training a smaller 'student' model to mimic a larger 'teacher' model, transferring knowledge while reducing size.