Implementing Softmax From Scratch: Avoiding the Numerical Stability Trap
In deep learning, classification models don’t just need to make predictions—they need to express confidence. That’s where the Softmax activation function comes in. Softmax takes the raw, unbounded scores produced by a neural network and transforms them into a well-defined probability distribution, making it possible to interpret each output as the likelihood of a specific class. This property makes Softmax a cornerstone of multi-class classification tasks, from image recognition to language modeling. In this article, we’ll build an […]