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Applying machine learning to any industry. Here's a checklist that I just came up with: Step 1. Pick an industry. Any industry. Step 2. Find a problem tha
by euske 10y ago
Applying machine learning to any industry.
Here's a checklist that I just came up with:
Step 1. Pick an industry. Any industry.
Step 2. Find a problem that can be formulated as a function.
Step 3. Is that function non-trivial? If not, go back to Step 1.
Step 4. List all the input parameters for that function.
Step 5. Is any of them accurately observable? If not, focus on that parameter and go back to Step 2.
Step 6. Apply some ML to it. (Choice of the tech wouldn't matter that much.)
Step 7. Had some improvement?
- hayksaakian 10y agoNow write a startup AI and raise your millions
- taeric 10y agoTo be fair, that seems a pretty accurate list. You will find yourself stuck in step two quite often.
- zump 10y agoWrong. What about an industry where data is either hard or unethical to gather such as the medical industry?
- taeric 10y agoIsn't that step 5? I took that to be: "Do you have all of the data necessary to formulate an answer? If not, focus on solving that problem or eliminate the need for the data you can't get by going back to step two and picking a formula that doesn't need the data you can't get."
- CN7R 10y agoI'm not sure if I just read a post detailing just that: https://backchannel.com/you-too-can-become-a-machine-learning-rock-star-no-phd-necessary-107a1624d96b#.2mxjng93b https://backchannel.com/you-too-can-become-a-machine-learnin...
- CN7R 10y agoI'm not sure if I just read a post detailing just that: https://backchannel.com/you-too-can-become-a-machine-learning-rock-star-no-phd-necessary-107a1624d96b#.2mxjng93b https://backchannel.com/you-too-can-become-a-machine-learnin...
- zump 10y agoThis is missing the fundamental step which is collecting data.
- hueving 10y agoI think you missed step 5.
- fovc 10y agoIt seems like they're following the even more basic/old school formula first and then adding on the ML: Step 1. Pick a domain with loads of trivial, low-value paperwork Step 2. Convert the paperwork into online forms Step 3. Plug your forms into existing player's tech Step 4. Battle to get adoption
- zaidf 10y agoMy super basic understanding of deep learning is that it lets you skip step 5. Is that true?
- adrianN 10y agoNo. Garbage in, garbage out is true for deep learning as well.
- cf 10y agoIf the problem is painful enough, it doesn't matter if the function is trivial.
- cosmolev 10y agoStep 5. Is any of them accurately observable? If not, implement a Kalman filter.
- aibottle 10y agoStep 8. Tell everyone how innovative you are Step 9. Constant Blog post on your "Big Data" problems