The revolution of machine learning has been exaggerated

Re:The revolution of machine learning has been exaggerated by bumby on Friday November 22, 2019 @08:01PM (#21611669)

I think that's the key here. It's not ML magic that's driving success, it data literacy. Steve Levitt (of Freakanomics fame) said his advice to students would be to ensure they have base knowledge in understanding data analytics regardless of their domain. ML is just the sexy subset that gets all the attention

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Re:The revolution of machine learning has been exaggerated by ghaff on Friday November 22, 2019 @08:12PM (#21611735)

And ML is a tiny part of the whole data science toolchain and process. Getting the data to the point where you can use it for something interesting is probably the hardest part.

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Re:The revolution of machine learning has been exaggerated by thewarrior on Saturday November 23, 2019 @07:00AM (#21613693)

My point was that cutting edge ML can add a bit more on top of what data literacy can achieve. At scale that’s worth a lot.

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