I'm excited to see an alternative to backprop, but I think the most exciting part of this for me is the ability to still learn through stochastic layers in the model. I think this could have some major applications in probabilistic models for distributions without reparameterization tricks.
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Reply to [R] The Forward-Forward Algorithm: Some Preliminary Investigations [Geoffrey Hinton] by shitboots
I'm excited to see an alternative to backprop, but I think the most exciting part of this for me is the ability to still learn through stochastic layers in the model. I think this could have some major applications in probabilistic models for distributions without reparameterization tricks.