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title: "softmax"
type: concept
source: https://www.jemoka.com/posts/kbhsoftmax/
confidence: high
status: active
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\begin{equation} softmax\qty(x_{i}) = \frac{\exp(x_{i})}{\sum_{j=1}^{n} \exp(x_{j})} \end{equation}
its &ldquo;softmax&rdquo;!
max: amplifies the probability of the largest \(x_{i}\) soft: because it assign some probability to smaller \(x_{j}\) as well
