TL;DR:  This article walks through the mechanism of a popular machine learning algorithm called neural style transfer (NST), which is able to convert any image of your choice to your favorite artistic style. The algorithm is a direct application of the famed convolutional neural network and dexterously frame the problem into optimizing for two loss terms. With its succinct formulation, the algorithm offers a straightforward way to come up with your own implementation of a fun image converter (Think of DeepArt or Prisma). Any topic in deep learning is vast and this article only walks over briefly the NST algorithm. While its sequels will deal with the implementation quirkies and some other interesting application of the algorithm, for now let us get some intuition behind the algorithm and have fun playing with it.

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