keras-team/keras · error · ValueError

The `weights` argument should be either `None` (random initi

Error message

The `weights` argument should be either `None` (random initialization), `imagenet` (pre-training on ImageNet), or the path to the weights file to be loaded.

What it means

Error "The `weights` argument should be either `None` (random initialization), `imagenet` (pre-training on ImageNet), or the path to the weights file to be loaded." thrown in keras-team/keras.

Source

Thrown at keras/src/applications/nasnet.py:121

        classifier_activation: A `str` or callable.
            The activation function to use on the "top" layer.
            Ignored unless `include_top=True`.
            Set `classifier_activation=None` to return the logits
            of the "top" layer. When loading pretrained weights,
            `classifier_activation` can only be `None` or `"softmax"`.
        name: The name of the model (string).

    Returns:
        A model instance.
    """
    if backend.image_data_format() == "channels_first":
        raise ValueError(
            "NASNet does not support the `channels_first` image data "
            "format. Switch to `channels_last` by editing your local "
            "config file at ~/.keras/keras.json"
        )
    if not (weights in {"imagenet", None} or file_utils.exists(weights)):
        raise ValueError(
            "The `weights` argument should be either "
            "`None` (random initialization), `imagenet` "
            "(pre-training on ImageNet), "
            "or the path to the weights file to be loaded."
        )

    if weights == "imagenet" and include_top and classes != 1000:
        raise ValueError(
            'If using `weights` as `"imagenet"` with `include_top` '
            "as true, `classes` should be 1000"
        )

    if (
        isinstance(input_shape, tuple)
        and None in input_shape
        and weights == "imagenet"
    ):
        raise ValueError(

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at keras/src/applications/nasnet.py:121 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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