1. Introduction to Deep Learning and PyTorch

Overview

This chapter introduces the two main topics of this book: deep learning and PyTorch. Here, you will be able to explore some of the most popular applications of deep learning, understand what PyTorch is, and use PyTorch to build a single-layer network, which will be the starting point for you to apply your learning to real-life data problems. By the end of this chapter, you will be able to use PyTorch's syntax to build neural networks, which will be essential in subsequent chapters.