Two types of generative neural network
• If we connect binary stochastic neurons in a
directed acyclic graph we get a Sigmoid Belief
Net (Radford Neal 1992).
• If we connect binary stochastic neurons using
symmetric connections we get a Boltzmann
Machine (Hinton & Sejnowski, 1983).
– If we restrict the connectivity in a special way,
it is easy to learn a Boltzmann machine.