In this chapter, we will be discussing autoencoders and their usage. We will talk about what an autoencoder is, the different types of autoencoder, and present different samples to help you better understand how to use this technology in your applications. By the end of this chapter, you will know how to design your own autoencoder, load and save it from disk, and train and test it.

The following topics are covered in this chapter:

• What is an autoencoder?
• Different types of autoencoder
• Creating your own autoencoder