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Understanding underlying math is what allows people to create improved algorithms. If it's just "implement scikit" then you barely even need a developer. Unde
by nkozyra 10y ago
Understanding underlying math is what allows people to create improved algorithms. If it's just "implement scikit" then you barely even need a developer.
Understanding why things work is still important and why software companies still routinely test on algorithm design.
- jokoon 10y agoIf you're a beginner at ML, the first course don't really need to be so thorough on math, especially for simple things like regression. I'm not saying math is dispensable, I'm saying that it could be used much less because code allows it in many situation.