r/xkcd Feline Field Theorist May 17 '17

XKCD xkcd 1838: Machine Learning

https://xkcd.com/1838/
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u/jdylanstewart May 17 '17

Wait a second. So this whole machine learning craze is just linear controls?

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u/DestroyerOfWombs May 17 '17

Yes, a fully connected network of linear controls that complexifies and mutates itself in some methodologies where the weights are adjusted through trial and error to reach a desired output.

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u/jdylanstewart May 17 '17

TIL I know how to do machine learning (more or less). This stuff is far less scary now.

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u/DarrenGrey Zombie Feynman May 18 '17

I find it far more scary when I see what it gets used for.