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[–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yes that is what they are good at. But not as good as a deterministic algorithm that can do the same thing. You use machine learning when the problem is too complex to solve deterministically, and an approximate result is acceptable.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (3 children)

But can machine learning teach nerds not to ruin jokes? ;)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

if it did, they wouldn't be nerds anymore.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

But like why would you use ML to do basic maths? Whoever did that is dumber than a junior dev 😝

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I think it's the nerds' job to teach the ML to ruin jokes.