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Re:20th Century Fox Uses ML to Predict a Movie Audience by golergka on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @12:01PM (#19209503)
Solid advice. On a similar note, if you want good software, you don't need fancy unit tests or type systems. Just don't write bugs.
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Re:20th Century Fox Uses ML to Predict a Movie Audience by freediver on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @12:26PM (#19209761)
No, the correct analogy would be don't create crappy products and use ML department to predict how many people would buy it anyway.
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Re:20th Century Fox Uses ML to Predict a Movie Audience by JetSpiegel on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @05:57PM (#19212958)
> don't create crappy products

Exactly, just don't write bugs.

The same way Michelangelo sculpted David, he just removed the marble not part of the statue.

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