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 James Kagwe via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

>Machinelearningcanbeconsideredsubordinatetoalgorithminthiscontext.Rememberanapplicationmusthavesomeelementsofalgorithmbutnotneccesarilyapplytheprinciplesofmachinelearning.Inmyviewitsthealgorithmatfaulthere.Mythoughts.Rgds,JamesKagweOnMay12,20166:57PM,AhmedMohamedMaawyviakictanetkictanet at lists.kictanet.or.kewrote:IagreetherewouldnotbeMachineLearningwithoutAlgorithms.Butletsexaminethenatureofalie.Aliecontainsanelementofdatainit.Algorithmsarecomputationalinnature,soiffedwithlies..thatswheretheproblemis.MypointiswecantreallysquarelyblametheAlgorithm,wehavetoblamethedata(Algorithms+Data=MachineLearning).OnThu,May12,2016at6:50PM,AliHusseinali at hussein.me.kewrote:ExactlyAhmed.:-)Sowouldyouagreethatwithoutalgorithmstherewillbenomachinelearning?AliHusseinTel:+254713601113OnMay12,20166:48PM,AhmedMohamedMaawyultimateprogramer at gmail.comwrote:ImaybewronganywayAli.ButmaybeitsthewayIseethese2disciplines.ButIthinkAlgorithmsaremoreofcomputationsandlogicoperations.MachineLearninggivestheseAlgorithmsthedecisionmakingcapabilitiesandcompriseofasetofalgorithms+historicdatawiththecapabilitytomakepredicitions.OnThu,May12,2016at6:44PM,AliHusseinali at hussein.me.kewrote:AhmedIstandeducated.:-)Thankyou.AliHusseinTel:+254713601113OnMay12,20166:42PM,AhmedMohamedMaawyultimateprogramer at gmail.comwrote:Ali,ThisiswhatImean:Algorithms:aprocessorsetofrulestobefollowedincalculationsorotherproblem-solvingoperations,especiallybyacomputer.MachineLearning:Machinelearningisasubfieldofcomputersciencethatevolvedfromthestudyofpatternrecognitionandcomputationallearningtheoryinartificialintelligence.In1959,ArthurSamueldefinedmachinelearningasaFieldofstudythatgivescomputerstheabilitytolearnwithoutbeingexplicitlyprogrammedOnThu,May12,2016at6:36PM,AliHusseinali at hussein.me.kewrote:AhmedMachinelearningdoesnthappeninavacuum...AliHusseinPrincipalHusseinAssociates+2540713601113/0770906375Twitter:@AliHKassimSkype:abu-jomoLinkedIn: <ahref="http://ke
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