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karpathy/char-rnn

Multi-layer recurrent neural network for character-level language modeling and text generation in Torch.

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This repository implements multi-layer RNNs including LSTM and GRU variants for character-level language modeling in Lua/Torch. The model trains on a text file to predict the next character in a sequence, then generates new text by sampling character-by-character that resembles the training corpus. It supports GPU acceleration, mini-batches, and model checkpointing.

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What is karpathy/char-rnn?
Multi-layer recurrent neural network for character-level language modeling and text generation in Torch.
Is char-rnn open source?
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What language is char-rnn written in?
karpathy/char-rnn is primarily written in Lua.
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karpathy/char-rnn has 12.1k stars on GitHub.
Where can I find char-rnn?
karpathy/char-rnn is on GitHub at https://github.com/karpathy/char-rnn.

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