From 26a2b34e519324aa26ee47bebdeb0c964b90ea41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Johannes=20G=C3=A4=C3=9Fler?= Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 14:41:58 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] examples: link to HuggingFace mirror of MNIST data --- examples/mnist/README.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/examples/mnist/README.md b/examples/mnist/README.md index 10df02dbb..51e394efe 100644 --- a/examples/mnist/README.md +++ b/examples/mnist/README.md @@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ Please note that training in GGML is a work-in-progress and not production ready ## Obtaining the data -The data can either be downloaded [here](https://yann.lecun.com/exdb/mnist/) or it will be downloaded automatically when running `mnist-train-fc.py`. +A description of the dataset can be found on [Yann LeCun's website](https://yann.lecun.com/exdb/mnist/). +While it is also in principle possible to download the dataset from this website these downloads are frequently throttled and +it is recommended to use [HuggingFace](https://huggingface.co/datasets/ylecun/mnist) instead. +The dataset will be downloaded automatically when running `mnist-train-fc.py`. ## Fully connected network