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Machine Learning For Everyone

The document discusses machine learning in simple terms using real-world examples. It explains that machine learning allows machines to learn by analyzing patterns in data, similar to how a person named Billy analyzed car price data and discovered cars decrease in price by $1,000 each year. The goal of machine learning is to build systems that can use data to predict outcomes and discover patterns. The document is intended as a simple introduction to machine learning concepts for readers without technical backgrounds.

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Machine Learning For Everyone

The document discusses machine learning in simple terms using real-world examples. It explains that machine learning allows machines to learn by analyzing patterns in data, similar to how a person named Billy analyzed car price data and discovered cars decrease in price by $1,000 each year. The goal of machine learning is to build systems that can use data to predict outcomes and discover patterns. The document is intended as a simple introduction to machine learning concepts for readers without technical backgrounds.

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Everyone
vas3k blog

In simple words. With real-world


examples. Yes, again

21 November 2018 :: 446 comments :: 807500 views :: 8134 words

Other languages: Russian | Portuguese

Machine Learning is like sex in high school. Everyone is talking


about it, a few know what to do, and only your teacher is doing it.
If you ever tried to read articles about machine learning on the
Internet, most likely you stumbled upon two types of them: thick
academic trilogies filled with theorems (I couldn’t even get
through half of one) or fishy fairytales about artificial
intelligence, data-science magic, and jobs of the future.

I decided to write a post I’ve been wishing existed for a long


time. A simple introduction for those who always wanted to

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understand machine learning. Only real-world problems,


practical solutions, simple language, and no high-level
theorems. One and for everyone. Whether you are a programmer
or a manager.

Let's roll.

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Why do we want machines to learn?

This is Billy. Billy wants to buy a car. He


tries to calculate how much he needs to
save monthly for that. He went over dozens
of ads on the internet and learned that new
cars are around $20,000, used year-old
ones are $19,000, 2-year old are $18,000
and so on.

Billy, our brilliant analytic, starts seeing a pattern: so, the car
price depends on its age and drops $1,000 every year, but won't
get lower than $10,000.

In machine learning terms, Billy invented regression – he


predicted a value (price) based on known historical data. People
do it all the time, when trying to estimate a reasonable cost for a
used iPhone on eBay or figure out how many ribs to buy for a
BBQ party. 200 grams per person? 500?

Yeah, it would be nice to have a simple formula for every


problem in the world. Especially, for a BBQ party. Unfortunately,
it's impossible.

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