Re:Ask HN: Where is AI/ML actually adding value at your comp...
by jorgemf on Monday December 12, 2016 @05:20PM
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> Even that doesn't seem like a clear distinction?
Obviously no, ML uses statistics as statistics uses Maths. But not all ML uses statistics, some algorithms are biological inspired (swarm optimization) other uses theory of information for classification.
The point of ML is you learn something from data, not necessarily with statistics, although it is used in a lot of algorithms. But also function optimization is used in a lot of algorithms. The boundaries are very fuzzy, but for sure not all ML uses statistics and not all statistics are ML.
Obviously no, ML uses statistics as statistics uses Maths. But not all ML uses statistics, some algorithms are biological inspired (swarm optimization) other uses theory of information for classification.
The point of ML is you learn something from data, not necessarily with statistics, although it is used in a lot of algorithms. But also function optimization is used in a lot of algorithms. The boundaries are very fuzzy, but for sure not all ML uses statistics and not all statistics are ML.