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Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2018) by vishbar on Friday June 01, 2018 @01:05PM (#17207470)
How does machine learning apply to something like astrology?
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2018) by jcoffland on Friday June 01, 2018 @02:33PM (#17208540)
They both require some faith in magic. Half the companies claiming to use AI or machine learning are full of shit anyway.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2018) by vishbar on Friday June 01, 2018 @07:40PM (#17211513)
Astrology and machine learning just seem so different. One is a poor attempt at prediction using dubious, shoddy, poorly understood methods that generally amount either to general wooly vagueries or completely wrong conclusions that are no better than random chance, and the other deals with planets.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2018) by bduerst on Friday June 01, 2018 @01:17PM (#17207623)
Edit: Nevermind - I was thinking Astronomy

I don't work there, but recently a new exoplanet was found using a neural net:

https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/14/google-ai-helped-find-the-...

Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2018) by st1ck on Friday June 01, 2018 @01:37PM (#17207889)
This looks more like astronomy domain rather than astrology.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2018) by bduerst on Friday June 01, 2018 @02:17PM (#17208359)
Yep, you're right. I misread.