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 "id": "transfer-learning-mobilenetv2-imagenet-vs-from-scratch-flatline",
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 "title": "From-scratch MobileNetV1 flatlines at class prior on 4.5k diverse images; MobileNetV2-0.35 with ImageNet weights hits 96% in the same wall-clock",
 "symptom": "From-scratch MobileNetV1 pinned at the class prior (58%) for every epoch on 4.5k diverse images",
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 "date": "2026-08-09",
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