078 - Machine teaching with Dr. Patrice Simard

Machine learning is a powerful tool that enables computers to learn by observing the world, recognizing patterns and self-training via experience. Much like humans. But while machines perform well when they can extract knowledge from large amounts of labeled data, their learning outcomes remain vastly inferior to humans when data is limited. That’s why Dr…

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Notes

What Makes Research So Attractive at 3:24

If at school you struggle with getting the right answer because you can never agree on what the question is asking, research might be for you. Full answer
What Is the Difference Between Machine Learning and Machine Teaching at 4:46

Machine learning is where a computer learns to extract knowledge from data, without being told what the knowledge is. Full answer
Why Is Machine Teaching More Effective Than Machine Learning at 7:16

In order to perform "machine learning", we must first collect a large dataset and teach the machine to distinguish that data, learning what makes for the… Full answer

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