Azhar: Machine learning model design prioritizes outcomes over explainable reasoning
Azim Azhar · a16z Podcast | Artificial Intelligence and the 'Space of Possible Minds' · Jan 2, 2019 · at 14:29
Azim Azhar, tech entrepreneur and curator of The Exponential View, discusses the inherent utilitarian nature of machine learning architecture on the a16z Podcast.
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“The way that you build a system that predicts using machine learning is, is very utilitarian, right? You say there's some cost function you want to minimize, there's some objective function we want to target, and then you train it, and you don't really worry about the reasoning because the ends, in a way, justify the means.”
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