Computer freezes while trying to load MNIST dataset-CodePudding

my computer specs:

I was learning about classification in machine learning and encountered MNIST dataset. I have to download it to run algorithms on it, but my computer just freezes every time I try to load it with this code:

from sklearn.datasets import fetch_openml
mnist = fetch_openml('mnist_784', version=1)

Do you guys know any way to download it on chunks or alternate dataset which doesn't require a lot of memory?

Any help would be appreciated

CodePudding user response：

May not be an issue with your machine - but your pull may be stalling due to your version of sklearn / openml. Without logs from the VM / container you're executing these commands from its hard to tell.

In the mean time, how about downloading the data via a web endpoint like this one on Kaggle or this one on datahub. The total size isn't large, and if you are successful you can at least eliminate your machine iteself as a point of failure.