Friday, September 23, 2016

Is Machine Learning chasing its own tail (of presumptions)?

Machine Learning (ML) as a method of learning is indeed a machine, i.e. it operates consistently, repeatedly and predictably, by a designed method, which is made for specific conditions; but its "learning" part is more like "training" or "verification" rather than the acquisition of new knowledge that is suggested in this name. Practically speaking, ML is made to improve prescribed response formulas, not to invent such formulas, (and I know the statement might be seemed controversial) not even to correct them.

Here is then my take on the issue:

Law #1 A dog (or a cat) chasing its tail for long enough time will eventually catch it.

Law #2 The catching will heart!

Law #3 Getting painful results will not stop the chase; it will stop only due to boredom or the exhaustion of all energy resources. 



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