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Ali Rahimi: 'Machine Learning Has Become Alchemy'

Preserve Knowledge · Talk · 23 min · 2018 · YouTube title: NIPS 2017 Test of Time Award "Machine learning has become alchemy.” | Ali Rahimi, Google
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Cited when HN discusses the lack of rigor and theory in deep learning, often with a pointer to the key moment of the talk.

What it covers

Ali Rahimi accepts the NIPS 2017 Test of Time Award and argues that machine learning has become alchemy, with practice running ahead of understanding.