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A comment on Ask HN: As a professional, does it worth it to learn the math behind NN?.

Re:Ask HN: As a professional, does it worth it to learn the ... by aborsy on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @05:04PM (#28845068)
Frankly, I rarely see this complicated math in academic papers to be useful in practice.

Most of the stuff that is valuable in practice does not require much math.

Many people believe math actually hindered the development of AI.

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Re:Ask HN: As a professional, does it worth it to learn the ... by wnkrshm on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @08:08AM (#28851126)
The papers are interesting to people making tools - if you can see what mathematical assumptions are made you can see what limitations a method has and whether it can apply to cases you're interested in.
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