Why Would a Traditional Data Scientist Learn ANN Technology?
Last Updated on July 25, 2023 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Poornachandra Sarang
Originally published on Towards AI.
Bringing out the importance of ANN over GOFAI

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The field of data science started with the significant contributions made by statisticians in the data analytics space. All machine learning models in those days were based on pure statistical techniques and may, to some extent, used mathematical formulations. The question that comes to our mind today is whether this GOFAI (Good Old Fashioned AI) can meet the AI expectations of today’s world. What are the limitations of this traditional machine learning model development? I will now bring forth these limitations to bring out… Read the full blog for free on Medium.
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