
Machine Learning: Its True Essence
Last Updated on July 25, 2023 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Navoneel Chakrabarty
Originally published on Towards AI.
Conceptually, Machine Learning (ML) is the art of teaching machines. Now, obviously teaching is such that when a student is taught by a teacher/tutor, he is capable of facing and answering any question which is either explicitly taught or not.
Say, there is a subject covering m number of possible questions. A student is taught n out of the m questions by a teacher (where n is less than m for sure). Now, say there is an examination in which there are x number of questions asked. And, it is found that out of the x questions, there are a questions… Read the full blog for free on Medium.
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