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I'm still not clear on the difference between deep learning and machine learning. Also are there good primer books on machine learning fundamentals?

by pkaye 11y ago

quonn 11y ago
It _is_ a subfield of machine learning, based on neural networks and usually the features are learned and not engineered.
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- andreaespinosa 11y ago
  Could it be said machine learning is more surface AI like quality scores. Whereas deep learning is going down the creating consciousness route?
  - GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago
    You could say it, but it wouldn't actually mean anything.
  - gyardley 11y ago
    That's a little breathless - I'd just think of it as a particular subset of machine learning that's produced some promising results, and leave talk of consciousness out of it.
    - andreaespinosa 11y ago
      Yeah I see what you mean, plus consciousness is more of a buzzword now and too arbitrary. I found that talking about it along the lines or neural networking seems to be more accurate
  - randcraw 11y ago
    Not really. Deep learning is the popular name for neural nets that use many layers (deep neural nets or DNNs). They are being used to do more than just pattern recognition (the mainstay use for NNs in the past). But at present DNNs do not attempt to solve complex/compound AI problems like planning or knowledge representation or understanding natural language semantics. It's not clear yet whether DNNs can be extended to those kinds of problems.
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dagw 11y ago
Machine learning is the name of the whole field, deep learning is one of the (currently very popular) branches of that field.
napolesmarble 11y ago
"The Nature of Code" is a book I've heard repeated is pretty good. It's free to browse online if your interested: http://natureofcode.com/book/chapter-10-neural-networks/ http://natureofcode.com/book/chapter-10-neural-networks/
- mirumirai 11y ago
  I've gone through much of this book. It's really good, but it's definitely not a book on machine learning fundamentals - more on complexity and simulations. That chapter however is a nice intro to neural networks, and the previous chapter is a nice intro to genetic algorithms.

I'm still not clear on the difference between deep learning and machine learning. Also are there good primer books on machine learning fundamentals?

by pkaye 11y ago

I'm still not clear on the difference between deep learning and machine learning. Also are there good primer books on machine learning fundamentals?

quonn 11y ago

It _is_ a subfield of machine learning, based on neural networks and usually the features are learned and not engineered.

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andreaespinosa 11y ago
Could it be said machine learning is more surface AI like quality scores. Whereas deep learning is going down the creating consciousness route?
- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago
  You could say it, but it wouldn't actually mean anything.
- gyardley 11y ago
  That's a little breathless - I'd just think of it as a particular subset of machine learning that's produced some promising results, and leave talk of consciousness out of it.
  - andreaespinosa 11y ago
    Yeah I see what you mean, plus consciousness is more of a buzzword now and too arbitrary. I found that talking about it along the lines or neural networking seems to be more accurate
- randcraw 11y ago
  Not really. Deep learning is the popular name for neural nets that use many layers (deep neural nets or DNNs). They are being used to do more than just pattern recognition (the mainstay use for NNs in the past). But at present DNNs do not attempt to solve complex/compound AI problems like planning or knowledge representation or understanding natural language semantics. It's not clear yet whether DNNs can be extended to those kinds of problems.

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dagw 11y ago

Machine learning is the name of the whole field, deep learning is one of the (currently very popular) branches of that field.

napolesmarble 11y ago

"The Nature of Code" is a book I've heard repeated is pretty good. It's free to browse online if your interested: http://natureofcode.com/book/chapter-10-neural-networks/ http://natureofcode.com/book/chapter-10-neural-networks/

mirumirai 11y ago
I've gone through much of this book. It's really good, but it's definitely not a book on machine learning fundamentals - more on complexity and simulations. That chapter however is a nice intro to neural networks, and the previous chapter is a nice intro to genetic algorithms.