[Discussion] Why should better networks be end-to-end? (Or why not?)

TYPO IN THE TITLE: I wanted the title to be "why should neural networks be end-to-end?" My lazy ass was swipe texting on my phone and this typo happened. FML

Especially in robotics, there's been a lot of research for end-to-end neutral networks where an image is the input and the control action is the output, for say, tasks like pick an object and place it somewhere. I feel this is very restrictive while developing such a solution because it …

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