Understanding Convolutions - colah's blog
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Text Highlight2026-07-16 13:05:19
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"Convolutions are an extremely general idea"
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Higher dims? Sounds like overkill for most images tbh.
Text Highlight2026-07-16 12:56:19
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"Convolutions are an extremely general idea"
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Yeah, but once you go 3D the math gets heavy real fast.
Text Highlight2026-07-16 10:02:19
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"convolution becomes quite a straightforward idea"
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Agreed, examples make all the difference—abstract definitions just confuse me.
Text Highlight2026-07-16 09:53:19
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"convolution becomes quite a straightforward idea"
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Straightforward? Maybe for math folks, I still get lost in the diagrams.
Text Highlight2026-07-16 09:44:19
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"convolution becomes quite a straightforward idea"
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Took me a while too, but once it clicks it really does feel simple.
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