Why AutoKeras?
As we explained in the previous chapter, AutoKeras is an open source AutoML framework that allows a non-ML expert to create high-performance models in a simple way. There are similar tools with the same objective, but AutoKeras is specialized in DL. Although it is not the only solution, there are several AutoML services available; most are cloud computing platforms (Amazon, Google, International Business Machines (IBM)) and have some significant disadvantages, which are outlined here:
- Machine learning cloud platforms are expensive; you usually have a trial period with free credits, but if you want to use them regularly you will have to pay a bill every month.
- Depending on the cloud platform, some of them are not easy to configure and scale, which sometimes requires you to have knowledge of containers and clusters.
- They tend to offer simple to use but less flexible out-of-the-box solutions.
As AutoKeras is based on an open source model, it solves...