<p dir="ltr">Exactly Ahmed. :-)</p>
<p dir="ltr">So would you agree that without algorithms there will be no machine learning? </p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On May 12, 2016 6:48 PM, "Ahmed Mohamed Maawy" <<a href="mailto:ultimateprogramer@gmail.com">ultimateprogramer@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I may be wrong anyway Ali. But maybe its the way I see these 2 disciplines.<br><br>But I think Algorithms are more of computations and logic operations. Machine Learning gives these Algorithms the decision making capabilities and comprise of a set of algorithms + historic data with the capability to make predicitions.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 6:44 PM, Ali Hussein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" target="_blank">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Ahmed</p>
<p dir="ltr">I stand educated. :-)</p>
<p dir="ltr">Thank you.</p><span><font color="#888888">
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<div class="gmail_quote">On May 12, 2016 6:42 PM, "Ahmed Mohamed Maawy" <<a href="mailto:ultimateprogramer@gmail.com" target="_blank">ultimateprogramer@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Ali, This is what I mean:<br><br></div>Algorithms: a process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations, especially by a computer.<br><br></div>Machine Learning: Machine learning is a subfield of computer science that evolved from the study of pattern recognition and computational learning theory in artificial intelligence. In 1959, Arthur Samuel defined machine learning as a "Field of study that gives computers the ability to learn without being explicitly programmed"<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 6:36 PM, Ali Hussein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" target="_blank">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Ahmed</div><div><br></div><div>Machine learning doesn't happen in a vacuum...<span><br><br><div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">+254 0713 601113 / 0770906375</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><br></div><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font></font></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span></p><font><br></font></div><div><span><br></span></div><div>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div><span><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</span></div><div><div><div><br>On 12 May 2016, at 6:10 PM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy <<a href="mailto:ultimateprogramer@gmail.com" target="_blank">ultimateprogramer@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">I think there is a need to differential Machine Learning and Algorithms fellows. Machine Learning is where the problem is :)<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 5:55 PM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ultimateprogramer@gmail.com" target="_blank">ultimateprogramer@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Its not the algorithms Ali, its the Machine Learning process :)<br></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 5:42 PM, Ali Hussein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" target="_blank">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Ahmed</div><div><br></div><div>You obviously missed the story of the Microsoft algorithm that was taught to behave like a racist. :-)</div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><a href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/24/11297050/tay-microsoft-chatbot-racist" target="_blank">http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/24/11297050/tay-microsoft-chatbot-racist</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>My point is that we do seem to forget that all these algorithms are created by humans who have biases. </div><div><br></div><div>Google is in trouble for deliberately skewing their algorithms to benefit their own products. Not sure this is wrong but the European regulators seem to think so to the extent of threatening them with a 10% of revenue fine..</div><div><br></div><div>With great power comes great responsibility - so goes the adage.. <span><br><br><div><div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">+254 0713 601113 / 0770906375</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><br></div><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font></font></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span></p><font><br></font></div><div><span><br></span></div><div>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div><span><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div></span></div><div><div><div><br>On 12 May 2016, at 5:20 PM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy <<a href="mailto:ultimateprogramer@gmail.com" target="_blank">ultimateprogramer@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr">There are a number of elements at play here:<br><ol><li>Obviously to a great degree this algorithm has massively helped Facebook. Not that I am totally on their side, what I mean to say is that lets give credit where its due. Without this algorithm we would have seen massive fallout and loss of klout. This is something Twitter did not figure out so well. LinkedIn is still the place professionals like to hang out, but its not the place professionals like to stay. Just stating how it came to be that Facebook is air and air is life (so to speak).</li><li>If truly there is a bias to all this (which I am yes, yet to comprehend how this bias is visible) it can mean 2 things:</li><ol><li>Either content producers are not building influence better than those who rank at the top. Or</li><li>If not, there is a genuine market opportunity in this gap.</li></ol></ol><p>But algorithms are algorithms, and my experience developing algorithms tells me computer algorithms can not easily be twisted to lie, especially in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.</p><p>But these are all books on their own anyway.</p><p>Just my 2 cents.<br></p><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 4:52 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div><p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Listers</span></p><p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">This mail is coped from the <a href="http://fortune.com" target="_blank">Fortune.com</a> Data Sheet.</span></p><p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">The “Trending” topics section of Facebook seems such a trivial thing, and in many ways it is. It looks and feels like an afterthought—ironically, it started as <a href="http://link.fortune.com/click/6706588.20757/aHR0cDovL3RlY2hjcnVuY2guY29tLzIwMTQvMDEvMTYvZmFjZWJvb2stdHJlbmRpbmcv/55ba80258cc2b2e72d8b457aBf20eece1" target="_blank">an attempt to copy Twitter</a>—and many users probably don’t even notice it’s there. But now, it has triggered a national discussion around bias and the power of social platforms.</span></p><p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">In case you missed the brouhaha, it started with a report from Gizmodo <a href="http://link.fortune.com/click/6706588.20757/aHR0cDovL2dpem1vZG8uY29tL3dhbnQtdG8ta25vdy13aGF0LWZhY2Vib29rLXJlYWxseS10aGlua3Mtb2Ytam91cm5hbGlzdHMtMTc3MzkxNjExNw/55ba80258cc2b2e72d8b457aB4ee70a20" target="_blank">that profiled</a>a team of anonymous journalists working at Facebook who curate the news that shows up in the Trending section. A subsequent report quoted one of the journalists as saying the team <a href="http://link.fortune.com/click/6706588.20757/aHR0cDovL2dpem1vZG8uY29tL2Zvcm1lci1mYWNlYm9vay13b3JrZXJzLXdlLXJvdXRpbmVseS1zdXBwcmVzc2VkLWNvbnNlci0xNzc1NDYxMDA2/55ba80258cc2b2e72d8b457aBf141c2b3" target="_blank">routinely removed certain</a> right-wing political sites from the section, even when the social network’s data showed they were trending.</span></p><p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">The revelation seemed harmless enough, at first: Journalists hired to edit things were actually editing them! But the comment soon snowballed into a debate over Facebook’s role in news consumption, and whether its sheer size and influence brings with it some level of responsibility.</span></p><p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Facebook <a href="http://link.fortune.com/click/6706588.20757/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZmFjZWJvb2suY29tL3RzdG9ja3kvcG9zdHMvMTAxMDA4NTMwODIzMzc5NTg/55ba80258cc2b2e72d8b457aBf49ae890" target="_blank">responded to the story</a> by saying that its policy is to remain as neutral as possible editorially, and that it will look into reports of misbehavior. Then it issued a second, even more heartfelt response, after the Senate Commerce Committee <a href="http://link.fortune.com/click/6706588.20757/aHR0cDovL2dpem1vZG8uY29tL3NlbmF0ZS1nb3AtbGF1bmNoZXMtaW5xdWlyeS1pbnRvLWZhY2Vib29rLXMtbmV3cy1jdXJhdGktMTc3NTc2NzAxOA/55ba80258cc2b2e72d8b457aB1d911177" target="_blank">sent a letter</a> asking the company to answer some questions around political influence and the Trending section.</span></p><p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">The real issue, of course, isn’t the tiny section of the Facebook home page that follows trending topics. It’s the fact that the kind of editorial selection those journalists engaged in is happening every minute of every day on the main news feed, courtesy of the Facebook ranking algorithm. And that algorithm, since it is programmed by human beings, inevitably contains biases of all kinds.</span></p><p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">The bottom line is that Facebook is more than just a social network where people exchange photos of their pets—it is <a href="http://link.fortune.com/click/6706588.20757/aHR0cDovL3d3dy52b3guY29tLzIwMTYvNS8xMC8xMTY0MDE0MC9mYWNlYm9vay1tZWRpYS1pbmZsdWVuY2U/55ba80258cc2b2e72d8b457aBca65e309" target="_blank">the largest and most influential</a> media entity the world has ever seen. The sooner Facebook acknowledges that, and becomes part of the discussion around how it can manage its social responsibilities, the better off we will all be.</span></p><br><div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Hussein & Associates</b></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium">+254 0713 601113 / 0770906375</div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><br></div><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font></font></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim</a></span></p><font><br></font></div><div><span><br></span></div><div>"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi</div><div><span><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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