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Traditional programming vs machine learning shows the limitations of first principles thinking. You can write huge programs with byzantine nested chains of log
by ajuc 3y ago
Traditional programming vs machine learning shows the limitations of first principles thinking.
You can write huge programs with byzantine nested chains of logic. But you can't write an OCR with a bunch of ifs.
- worrycue 3y ago> But you can't write an OCR with a bunch of ifs. Aren’t all programs include AIs just a bunch of “if”s at the machine instruction level?
- jmopp 3y agoTechnically, yes. I believe there is a theorem which states that any neural network can be transformed into a decision tree. Good luck, though, trying to write an OCR algorithm with a bunch of ifs.
- HPsquared 3y agoThe program yes, but the model is based on data which is fuzzy and uncertain.
- ajuc 3y agoThey are. Try to write one :)
- WJW 3y agoWhen you drill down, OCRs are indeed just a (large) bunch of ifs. All programs are ultimately composed of only calculations and conditional JMP statements.
- bruce343434 3y agoAren't most machine learned models matrices on which multiplication is performed?