What is the purpose of the forget gate in an LSTM?

What is the purpose of the forget gate in an LSTM?

Step 1: Understand that an LSTM (Long Short-Term Memory) is a type of neural network used for processing sequences of data.
Step 2: Recognize that LSTMs have different components, one of which is the forget gate.
Step 3: The forget gate looks at the previous cell state and the current input.
Step 4: It uses a mathematical function (sigmoid) to decide which information to keep and which to discard.
Step 5: The output of the forget gate is a number between 0 and 1 for each piece of information.
Step 6: A value of 0 means 'forget this information' and a value of 1 means 'keep this information'.
Step 7: This helps the LSTM to focus on relevant information and ignore what is not needed.

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