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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nI was wrong of course. Pretty much everything went right over my uneducated head. Still, I was excited to be there. When she asked for questions at the end I bravely raised my hand and asked \u201cI\u2019m a new CS student and don\u2019t know much about Artificial Intelligence, how would you recommend I learn more?\u201d I was hoping for some great online resources, or maybe suggestions for a specific tool to practice with. Instead I got<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUmmm, maybe take a class on it?\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It really would be the right thing to do, but it felt like a \u201cwell duh!\u201d sort of answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To be fair to Professor Mitchell, she was short on time, and when I reached out to her later she gave me some excellent suggestions including her own book \u201cArtificial Intelligence, A Guide for Thinking Humans\u201d which I highly recommend you read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe reason I\u2019m remembering this story is because my \u201cjob\u201d over the next 3 months is going to be studying Machine Learning tools like TensorFlow and applying them to the construction of an application which can identify the Genre of any music it is provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat sounds really complicated\u201d my family said when I told them about it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I totally agree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To be honest, it is a lot more than I can currently handle. I\u2019ve never touched a Machine Learning algorithm, nor am I a genius at math, nor have I taken any classes on Artificial Intelligence, despite their recommendation by Professor Mitchell. Despite this I know that with a lot of 3:00 AM bedtimes and the support of my teammates I\u2019ll have something at the end to be proud of. It is a daunting task, but I will not be daunted! (imagine cheering and fireworks and a flag being waved by robots behind me. Also imagine Melanie Mitchell chuckling, because she could probably write this program in less than an afternoon and because her flag waving robots are better). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I know next to nothing about the nuts and bolts of Machine Learning, which means I am put in an excellent position to teach you! Seriously! Sometimes the masters of a subject are too distanced from the novices to remember what it is like learning the topic for the first time. Like, how is a novice supposed to know that a \u201cdirectory\u201d is the cool programmer way of saying \u201cfolder\u201d. Therefore, because I will clearly make an excellent teacher, the goal of this blog will be to teach you everything I learn about Machine Learning. Everytime I learn a new term or find an easier way to do something, I\u2019ll record it here! Hopefully at the end of 3 months you\u2019ll know just as much as I do!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oh, and in case you didn\u2019t catch the joke in the title, my life is about to get a lot tensor. As in \u201cmore tense\u201d, but also \u201cTensor\u201d like in \u201cTensorFlow\u201d the machine learning library! Ha! I\u2019ve been told that if you have to explain a joke then it isn\u2019t really funny, but honestly that\u2019s my favorite part of telling a bad joke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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