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LM101-073: How to Build a Machine that Learns Checkers (remix)

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LM101-073: How to Build a Machine that Learns Checkers (remix) Episode Summary: This is a remix of the original second episode Learning Machines 101 which describes in a little more detail how the computer program that Arthur Samuel developed in 1959 learned to play checkers by itself without human intervention using a mixture of classical artificial intelligence search… Read More »

LM101-072: Welcome to the Big Artificial Intelligence Magic Show! (LM101-001+LM101-002 remix)

Robot holding a magic wand, hat, and rabbit!

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LM101-072: Welcome to the Big Artificial Intelligence Magic Show! (LM101-001+LM101-002 remix) Episode Summary: This podcast is basically a remix of the first and second episodes of Learning Machines 101 and is intended to serve as the new introduction to the Learning Machines 101 podcast series. The search for common organizing principles which could support the foundations of machine… Read More »

LM101-028: How to Evaluate the Ability to Generalize from Experience (Cross-Validation Methods)[RERUN]

There is no correct interpretation of the identity of an ambiguous letter.

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LM101-028: How to Evaluate the Ability to Generalize from Experience (Cross-Validation Methods)[RERUN] Episode Summary: In this episode we discuss the problem of how to evaluate the ability of a learning machine to make generalizations and construct abstractions given the learning machine is provided a finite limited collection of experiences. Show Notes: Hello everyone! Welcome to a RERUN of… Read More »

LM101-027: How to Learn About Rare and Unseen Events (Smoothing Probabilistic Laws)[RERUN]

How do you compute the probability of rare and unseen events?

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LM101-027: How to Learn About Rare and Unseen Events (Smoothing Probabilistic Laws)[RERUN] Episode Summary: In this podcast episode, we discuss the design of statistical learning machines which can make inferences about rare and unseen events using prior knowledge. Show Notes: Hello everyone! Welcome to a RERUN of the 11th podcast in the podcast series Learning Machines 101. In this… Read More »

LM101-026: How to Learn Statistical Regularities (Rerun)

Cartoon describing statistical learning with priors.

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How to Learn Statistical Regularities using MAP and ML Estimation Episode Summary: In this rerun of Episode 10, we discuss fundamental principles of learning in statistical environments including the design of learning machines that can use prior knowledge to facilitate and guide the learning of statistical regularities. Show Notes: Hello everyone! Welcome to the tenth podcast in the… Read More »