The Learning Instinct

A couple of months ago I wrote this post that predicted: Current techniques for Machine Learning are not going to produce human intelligence That was made after week three of the Intro to Machine Learning course at Coursera I was taking. Well, I finished the course last week, and in the final video, Professor Ng

Coursera Week 5 :: Er, I don’t fully understand this…

I finished week 5 of Machine Learning last week – it was part two of the introduction to neural networks. Although it starts with a visual representation of how the neurons in the brain work, course leader Professor Andrew Ng didn’t suggest this is really how the brain actually works. I’m no a neuroscientist, but