Errata
The errata list is a list of errors and their corrections that were found after the product was released.
The following errata were submitted by our customers and have not yet been approved or disproved by the author or editor. They solely represent the opinion of the customer.
Color Key: Serious technical mistake Minor technical mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
Version | Location | Description | Submitted by | Date submitted |
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Other Digital Version | Chapter 1 Figure 1-6 |
Figure 1-6 renders a map of the world. There are two points labelled B, one in red, coherent with the text, and a black B, which I believe is a mistake. |
Luis Torrao | May 14, 2023 |
Other Digital Version | Preface The text says "We have a web page for this book,etc..." however the link takes the reader to the 1st edition website, not the 2nd edition one. |
The text says "We have a web page for this book, where we list errata, examples, and any additional information. You can access this page at http5://oreil.ly/generative-dl." however the link takes the reader to the 1st edition website, not the 2nd edition one. |
Luis Torrao | May 14, 2023 |
Page Core Probability Theory (p. 16 in the pdf version) Definition of "Probability density function" |
Error 1. |
Anonymous | Jun 28, 2023 | |
Page Covariate Shift (p. 47) First two paragraphs |
I recommend removing the discussion about internal covariate shift (ICS). It has been shown in "How Does Batch Normalization Help Optimization?" (arxiv.org 1805.11604) that |
Anonymous | Jul 05, 2023 | |
Printed | Page Page 18 First formula from the top |
It seems to me that arg max should go over theta, not X. We're going through different parameters to find the best one, not tweaking the dataset, so it "suits" a particular parameter. |
Anonymous | Sep 01, 2023 |
Page p. 117, Wasserstein GAN Figure 4.12 |
For the Wasserstein GAN, the critic should be outputting positive values for real images and negative values for fake images, so it seems that the signs/labels on the top and bottom branches of the figure should be flipped. |
Rich Radke | Sep 17, 2023 | |
Printed | Page Page 88 Tables 3.5 and 3.6 |
Input layer of VAE shown in table takes the shape (32, 32, 3), but image size stated on page 87 example 3-15 as 64 by 64 (not 32 by 32). |
Shaolang | Sep 30, 2023 |
Printed | Page docker.md file line 131 |
Hello, |
Anonymous | Dec 20, 2023 |
ePub, O'Reilly learning platform | Page Digital Version Chapter 1 (Generative Modeling), Core Probability Theory |
Under Core Probability Theory, description of Maximum likelihood estimation, the equation for theta_hat should be argmax over theta rather than argmax over x. |
Mike Singer | Feb 28, 2024 |
Printed | Page Chapter 2 Table 2-2 |
In chapter 2, in table 2-2, the number of parameters in the dense layer is |
Stephen S. Chettiath | Mar 25, 2024 |
O'Reilly learning platform | Page Page 86 2nd paragraph |
How's it going? Hopefully good. I'm reaching out because I'm having trouble trying to download the datasets for Generative Deep Learning: Teaching Machines to Paint, Write, Compose, and Play by David Foster 2nd Edition. |
Anonymous | Apr 29, 2024 |
Printed | Page Page 46 Entry 5. |
The detail of the number of parameters should be (1,280 + 1) x 10 = 12,810 instead of 1,280 x 10 = 12,810. |
Maxime Kuntz | Jun 02, 2024 |
Page 55 Reference 7. |
In reference 7 on p. 55, the first two words are omitted from the title. Here's how it _currently_ appears: |
Steve Wickert | Sep 20, 2023 |