Data Science Will Be Democratized (In Less Than 10 Years)
Last Updated on July 20, 2023 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Thuwarakesh Murallie
Originally published on Towards AI.
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I trust the first profound attempt was in 1985. A revolutionary software changed the way we think about data. It allowed ordinary people to do extraordinary data analyses. We call it Excel, developed by Microsoft initially for Machintosh.
Since then, the field of data science has evolved and become accessible for everyone.
Access to knowledge had phenomenal improvements. If you’ve been listening to data science-related interviews, you may have noticed one in every ten mentions Andrew Ng’s machine learning course. It’s a free online resource available for anyone aspiring to be a data scientist.Affordable… Read the full blog for free on Medium.
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