Learned feature

A pattern a hidden neuron has learned to respond to, such as an edge or a corner. Unlike the input features in the first lesson, nobody chooses these.

Deeper neurons combine those edges into corners, bands and blobs — learned features the network invented because they were useful for the task.
From Training a network, step “What the hidden neurons learn”

See it in action

Try learned feature hands-on in the lesson Training a network, part of the AI fundamentals course.

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