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Ask HN: What has “machine learning” done for YOU?
I've been pretty excited by the various machine learning libraries/frameworks, like TensorFlow, Theano, Keras, Torch, Caffe, etc. I've participated in some of the more basic Kaggle challenges, and I've learned enough about the "how does it work" and "why does it work" (and remember enough of the mathematics from my younger days) that I'm able to teach the basics of simpler aspects, especially related to NLP, like classification or syntax analysis.
What I haven't done, however, is come up with a direct answer to the question: "What can machine learning do for ME?"
I don't mean, "what can someone else's AI do for me," I really want to know how YOU have used machine learning to solve a problem for YOU. "You" may be a company, or even better, "you" are an individual who set out to answer some personal mystery, and by solving that mystery, done something to improve your quality of life... or even just satisfied a burning curiosity.
So, HN: What has machine learning done for you?
- andkon 10y agoIt's reaffirmed my belief in the pareto optimal - because you can get 80% of the way towards a workable ML solution for your product with 20% of the effort, but that remaining 20% will require effort roughly equivalent to getting your PhD.
- malux85 10y agoEnabled me as a single developer, solo founder, to scale my startups to be profitable, and removed the need for me to work a day job. Without Machine Learning, I would not have been able to do this.