keras-team/keras · error · ValueError

Unrecognized keyword arguments passed to {self.__class__.__n

Error message

Unrecognized keyword arguments passed to {self.__class__.__name__}: {kwargs}

What it means

Error "Unrecognized keyword arguments passed to {self.__class__.__name__}: {kwargs}" thrown in keras-team/keras.

Source

Thrown at keras/src/layers/layer.py:295

        Operation.__init__(self, name=name)
        self._dtype_policy = dtype_policies.get(dtype)
        self.activity_regularizer = regularizers.get(activity_regularizer)
        input_dim_arg = kwargs.pop("input_dim", None)
        if input_dim_arg is not None:
            input_shape_arg = (input_dim_arg,)
        else:
            input_shape_arg = kwargs.pop("input_shape", None)
        if input_shape_arg is not None:
            warnings.warn(
                "Do not pass an `input_shape`/`input_dim` argument to "
                "a layer. When using Sequential models, "
                "prefer using an `Input(shape)` object as the "
                "first layer in the model instead.",
                stacklevel=2,
            )
            self._input_shape_arg = input_shape_arg
        if kwargs:
            raise ValueError(
                "Unrecognized keyword arguments "
                f"passed to {self.__class__.__name__}: {kwargs}"
            )

        self._path = None  # Will be determined in `build_wrapper`
        self.built = False
        self.autocast = autocast
        self._input_spec = None
        self._called = False
        self.supports_jit = True

        if not isinstance(trainable, bool):
            raise ValueError(
                "Expected `trainable` to be a boolean. "
                f"Received: trainable={trainable} (of type "
                f"{type(trainable)})"
            )
        self._trainable = trainable

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at keras/src/layers/layer.py:295 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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