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Jul 30
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Anil Ananthaswamy, "Why Machines Learn: ...

Marshall Poe
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Machine learning systems are making life-altering decisions for us: approving mortgage loans, determining whether a tumor is cancerous, or deciding if someone gets bail. They now influence developments and discoveries in chemistry, biology, and physics—the study of genomes, extrasolar planets, even the intricacies of quantum systems. And all this before larg ... Show More
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