It would be great to have every engineer have at least some amount of knowledge of machine learning.
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Supervised learning works so well when you have the right data set, but ultimately unsupervised learning is going to be a really important component in building really intelligent systems - if you look at how humans learn, it's almost entirely unsupervised.
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What this quote means
This quote emphasizes the importance of both supervised and unsupervised learning in artificial intelligence, likening machine learning to human learning.
Jeff Dean highlights the dual importance of supervised and unsupervised learning in the development of intelligent systems. While supervised learning relies on labeled data, unsupervised learning reflects the way humans often learn from unstructured information, suggesting that for machines to achieve true intelligence, they must adopt unsupervised techniques akin to human cognitive processes.
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LearningIntelligenceDataUnsupervisedSupervisedSystems
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