In plain words: Two networks train against each other without labels: one invents images, the other tries to spot the fakes, with rules for stacking image layers that keep it steady. The pair learns features from object parts up to scenes that serve as general image descriptions.
Abstract · Unsupervised Representation Learning with Deep Convolutional Generative Adversarial Networks
In recent years, supervised learning with convolutional networks (CNNs) has seen huge adoption in computer vision applications. Comparatively, unsupervised learning with CNNs has received less attention. In this work we hope to help bridge the gap between the success of CNNs for supervised learning and unsupervised learning. We introduce a class of CNNs called deep convolutional generative adversarial networks (DCGANs), that have certain architectural constraints, and demonstrate that they are a strong candidate for unsupervised learning. Training on various image datasets, we show convincing evidence that our deep convolutional adversarial pair learns a hierarchy of representations from object parts to scenes in both the generator and discriminator. Additionally, we use the learned features for novel tasks - demonstrating their applicability as general image representations.
Alec Radford, Luke Metz, Soumith Chintala
arXiv:1511.06434 · cs.LG, cs.CV · submitted Nov 19, 2015 · updated Jan 7, 2016
abstract · pdf · html · Under review as a conference paper at ICLR 2016