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I started taking machine learning courses in 1999 until later 2001. One of my professors (who had worked with Vapnik back when we didn't know if support vector
by pmelendez 11y ago
I started taking machine learning courses in 1999 until later 2001. One of my professors (who had worked with Vapnik back when we didn't know if support vector machines were a good idea) said that he didn't use ANN too much because probably Hinton was the only one who knew how to used them.
I'm telling this anecdote because, even when I agree that we are forgetting to mention a lot of names, that "PR" work that Hinton et all did, was necessary (IMO) to bring ANN back to the mainstream area.
- auvi 11y agoI think you mean Hinton not Hilton
- pmelendez 11y agoOops... Thanks! I could fix it just in time :)
- sonabinu 11y agoThe Canadian research team seems to have kept the work going when others were skeptical http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/04/17/how-a-toronto-professors-research-revolutionized-artificial-intelligence.html http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2015/04/17/how-a-toronto-p...
- pmelendez 11y agoExactly my point... I think Hinton deserve a lot of merit for being "stubborn" enough to find grants for a field that a lot of people have serious doubts about.