A visual introduction to machine learning (2015)
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HN comment orderFunny to see this on the homepage today. Part 1 was done so long ago now that looking back on that code is equal parts intimidating and embarrassing. Maybe this is the motivation I need to actually fix that stupid feet/meter thing.
I realise this is probably the way the web is going, but I personally really struggle with this sort of presentation. The content is great, it looks lovely, the actual infographics are very clear, and unlike lots of sites, it actually scrolls very, very smoothly. But it makes it _so_ hard to bookmark something in your mind, or to skip back to something, or to view an infographic in the context of the next or previous paragraph, or any number…
That's an incredibly good visualization! Both beautiful and clear. Next time I'm explaining machine learning to somebody who's smart but not a computer scientist or statistician, this is where I'll start. Do you think a future tutorial could demystify deep learning and neural networks? Many people are confused by the backpropgation algorithm, but the way it works is simple and intuitive if you can get beyond the mathematical notation. The way that errors propagate backwards through the neural network is…
I came to submit this and someone beat me to it. I am blown away by the visuals for this page. You can think you're pretty clever or creative and then you see something awesome like this and...sigh.
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-27 | Show HN: Intro to Machine Learning in Interactive D3.js VisualizationsFirst breakout | tonyhschu | 128 | 12 |
| 2015-08-12 | A Visual Introduction to Machine Learning | allenleein | 2 | 0 |
| 2015-09-09 | Visualizing machine learning | snickmy | 170 | 22 |
| 2016-12-29 | A Visual Introduction to Machine Learning | roymj88 | 34 | 3 |
| 2018-06-20 | A visual introduction to machine learning | lazydon | 3 | 0 |
| 2018-07-06 | A visual introduction to machine learning | arikr | 4 | 0 |
| 2018-08-14 | A visual introduction to machine learning | milkcircle | 2 | 0 |
| 2018-11-30 | A visual introduction to machine learning | bizonks | 5 | 0 |
| 2019-10-27 | Visual Intro to Machine Learning | sturza | 4 | 0 |
| 2021-12-18 | A visual introduction to machine learning | skeeks | 1 | 1 |
| 2022-01-17 | A visual introduction to machine learning | feross | 3 | 0 |
| 2022-02-17 | A visual introduction to machine learning | cute_boi | 4 | 0 |
| 2022-03-10 | A visual introduction to machine learning (2015)Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | fagnerbrack | 241 | 21 |