Can you please tell me how to build an autoencoder with a single matrix(4,4) with integer numbers? I want to build an autoencoder for the below-mentioned data. I don't know whether I should convert the decimal numbers to binary first using one-hot encoding or a neural network will recognize integer numbers. e.g,

input data = array([[ 4, 3, 8, 6], [ 1, 1, 2, 2], [24, 18, 32, 24], [ 6, 6, 8, 8]]) autoencoder(data) output data= array([[ 4, 3, 8, 6], [ 1, 1, 2, 2], [24, 18, 32, 24], [ 6, 6, 8, 8]])

Can you please tell me how to build an autoencoder with a single matrix(4,4) with integer numbers? I want to build an autoencoder for the below-mentioned data. I don't know whether I should convert the decimal numbers to binary first using one-hot encoding or a neural network will recognize integer numbers. e.g,

input data = array([[ 4,  3,  8,  6],
                    [ 1,  1,  2,  2],
                    [24, 18, 32, 24],
                    [ 6,  6,  8,  8]])
autoencoder(data)
output data= array([[ 4,  3,  8,  6],
                    [ 1,  1,  2,  2],
                    [24, 18, 32, 24]
                    [ 6,  6,  8,  8]])