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]])