Re:Ask HN: Full-on machine learning for 2020, what are the b...
by stared on Wednesday January 01, 2020 @09:49AM
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You can say that about any field, discipline or skill.
At the same time, there is a difference whether one starts learning that, and one wants to apply it in a large, production system with social implications (be it advertising, medicine, or anything). Hobby projects, or even small startups, rarely fall in that region.
Moreover, even a profound knowledge of mathematics does not give any edge in ethics, or even - awareness of problems with real data (noise, bias, malicious use, social reception, etc).
At the same time, there is a difference whether one starts learning that, and one wants to apply it in a large, production system with social implications (be it advertising, medicine, or anything). Hobby projects, or even small startups, rarely fall in that region.
Moreover, even a profound knowledge of mathematics does not give any edge in ethics, or even - awareness of problems with real data (noise, bias, malicious use, social reception, etc).