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If you think of a model as a function approximator with an error that can only be characterized empirically, it's not a bad term at all to describe the class of
by Chabsff 3y ago
If you think of a model as a function approximator with an error that can only be characterized empirically, it's not a bad term at all to describe the class of algorithms ANNs belong to.
It's a real shame that the term is being abused so badly, because it's really appropriate in a lot of these cases. Or rather, it would be if people used it mindfully.
- nerdponx 3y agoIt's a better term than "algorithm" or "learner" or "AI". It very literally is a model of the relationships within the training data. Moreover, statisticians and other varieties of people doing data analysis have been using the term "model" to mean something along these lines for many decades already. If anything, it's nice to see more people calling these things "models".