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The Master Algorithm by Pedro Domingos — WisdomDeck honest review
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The Master Algorithm

by Pedro Domingos

Five tribes of machine learning, symbolists, connectionists, evolutionaries, Bayesians, analogizers, and the quest to unify them. Clear map of the field.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Five approaches, one goal.
  2. Learning is the new programming.
  3. Know the tribes.

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Domingos's five tribes.

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