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How does machine learning apply to something like astrology?
by vishbar 8y ago
How does machine learning apply to something like astrology?
- bduerst 8y agoEdit: Nevermind - I was thinking Astronomy I don't work there, but recently a new exoplanet was found using a neural net: https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/14/google-ai-helped-find-the-first-solar-system-outside-our-own-with-8-planets/ https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/14/google-ai-helped-find-the-...
- jcoffland 8y agoThey both require some faith in magic. Half the companies claiming to use AI or machine learning are full of shit anyway.
- vishbar 8y agoAstrology and machine learning just seem so different. One is a poor attempt at prediction using dubious, shoddy, poorly understood methods that generally amount either to general wooly vagueries or completely wrong conclusions that are no better than random chance, and the other deals with planets.