The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish #13 Pedro Domingos: The Rise of The Machines
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Aug 30, 2016 
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Computers as New Knowledge Source
- Computers have emerged as a new source of knowledge, discovering insights from data faster than evolution, experience, or culture.
- In the near future, most knowledge on Earth will be discovered and stored in computers rather than humans.
Master Algorithm Power
- Machine learning algorithms program themselves from input-output data rather than being explicitly programmed.
- A single master algorithm can learn to perform many different tasks depending on the data it receives.
Transparency Spectrum of Models
- Some machine learning models like neural networks are opaque and hard to understand.
- Other models produce interpretable outputs like rules or decision trees that are easier to comprehend.