what are weights in a machine learning model

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what are weights in a machine learning model

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A weight is a number that a “neuron” in a machine learning model has, when an input comes into a neuron the weights determine which connections of the neuron activate which connect to more neurons and eventually on the other side hopefully result in something close to the correct outcome. When training a model, if the outcome is wrong the weights are tweaked a little and hopefully the outcome is more correct, and this is repeated until the model usually produces the correct outcome.