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> More people should view ML/AI as "a complex process minimizing an multivariable error function over a multivariable input field" I don't know where you're fr
by cr0sh 9y ago
> More people should view ML/AI as "a complex process minimizing an multivariable error function over a multivariable input field"
I don't know where you're from, but a statement like that here in the United States would surely get you an ass-kicking.
Ok - a bit of hyperbole there, but not far from it; most people would simply hear "wah-wah-wah-wah" and have no clue what you were talking about; others would fall asleep.
Could you teach high schoolers what "minimization" is, and what it means to "minimize" a "multivariable error function over a multivariable input field"? Maybe some of them, but even there I'd bet the majority won't get it, and those that do will only have it for the time it takes to pass a test, then promptly forget about it.
Honestly, there are plenty of other subjects I'd rather see taught in high school (and earlier) to kids, the greatest being critical thinking methods and how to question how you know what you know. Perhaps along with philosophy (general and "of mind"), and a few other similar subjects.
I doubt we'll ever see this any time soon, though, as such knowledge would undermine much of the status-quo, particularly religion.
- maze-le 9y agoYeah well, I kind of know what you are aiming at. I am not a teacher or pedagogue so I might aim to high with this. I don't mean to establish an AI class or an in depth coverage of these concepts, but some fundamentals on this topic, maybe as part of the mathematics curriculum (or philosophy as you suggested) would be prudent. >> Could you teach high schoolers what "minimization" is, and what it means to "minimize" a "multivariable error function over a multivariable input field"? By the way I phrased it in this particular way, because it is mathematically correct but also takes the magic and notions of consciousness out of the topic.