The Ridiculous Path of Gradient Descent
miniapeur · x · 2026-07-19
This is a classic optimization meme: a signpost points to "global minima" and "local minima," but the "gradient descent" car below goes completely out of control, poking fun at how gradient descent can "go off track" in non-convex optimization through an exaggerated visual.
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