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People have been doing statistics for decades, which is mostly all that machine learning is. Coming up with a fancy new buzz word for stuff that has been for d
by stale2002 9y ago
People have been doing statistics for decades, which is mostly all that machine learning is. Coming up with a fancy new buzz word for stuff that has been for decades, doesn't make something "elite".
- chronic6h2 9y agoThen why do machine learning scientists get paid multiples more than statisticians? Why do CS departments get far more funding for ML grants than the same grant branded from the statistics department? Say what you want about ML vs statistics, the fact is: in both academia and industry, machine learning is far sexier than statistics.
- mamon 9y agoYou know, statistics is a branch of mathematics, and mathematical education itself can be considered "elite", if for no other reason then for the irrational fear it induces in most of people. Most of high school graduates decides to pursue more "practical" topics like CS, leaving mathematics to those chosen few who dared to study it :)