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I've been saying AI is computational statistics on steroids for a while, and I think that's an apt generalization of what ML is.
by heavyset_go 4y ago
I've been saying AI is computational statistics on steroids for a while, and I think that's an apt generalization of what ML is.
- OJFord 4y agoThat oughtn't be controversial, in fact I wouldn't even bother with 'on steroids', implying it's a slightly different/morphed thing. The way I learnt it (very slightly, at university, not a particular focus) it was abundantly clear it was just stats.
- heavyset_go 4y agoI bring the steroids thing up because it's only relatively recently that we've had the massive computing power at our finger tips that we do now. We discovered the foundations of our current ML techniques a relatively long time ago, it's only been recently that we've been able to throw data centers full of powerful GPUs and whatnot at them.
- BenjiWiebe 4y agoIf it's just statistics, wouldn't that mean you wouldn't get verbatim output? i.e. you'd throw away all high frequency content?