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### Why do we need 10 bits to represent the 1000 classes in AlexNet?

You need 10-bits ($2^{10} = 1024$) to represent 1000 classes.
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### Can the (sparse) categorical cross-entropy be greater than one?

Both the sparse categorical cross-entropy (SCE) and the categorical cross-entropy (CCE) can be greater than $1$. By the way, they are the same exact loss function: the only difference is really the ...
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### How is a neural network where the majority of inputs are 0 trained?

It's the loss function. I was using squared sum error, which I didn't think would have as a negative effect as it does, and I had to come to the explanation in my own time. Here's why: From the ...
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### Why do we need 10 bits to represent the 1000 classes in AlexNet?

It takes at least 10 bits to represent any number between $1-1000$ because $2^{10} = 1024$. This means that if one was trying to represent 1 of the 1000 classes, one would need at least 10 bits. ...
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