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AI researchers allege that machine learning is alchemy

Posted on 2018 May 6 by polgarp · Tagged in Machine learning
Original link: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/05/ai-researchers-allege-machine-learning-alchemy

So machine learning (and probably all sophisticated AI tech) is complex, and very few people grasp it. So most people default to cargo-cult like usage. All the more reason designers strive to understand at least some of the principles, so they are able tell bullshit from the real thing.

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