Machine Learning with Kevin Scott

In this episode, Leo talks with Kevin Scott, Machine Learning expert about how to get started with Machine Learning and what are some applications for machine learning.

Show Notes

Guest

• Kevin Scott 
  • https://thekevinscott.com
  • Twitter @thekevinscott
  • Deep Learning with JS by Kevin Scott

Related Episodes

• Episode 34: Server-Side Swift with Tim Condon

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• Deploying Core ML models using Vapor - Fritz.AI

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What is Machine Learning

• Teaching Machines to Predict Based On Data
• Having Machines Mimic Behavior
• Subgroup with Artificial Intelligence

How Developers and Companies Can Get Started 

• Data Preparation
• “There's the joke that 80 percent of data science is cleaning the data and 20 percent is complaining about cleaning the data”
• Using Pre-Trained Models
• Using AWS SageMaker 
• JS vs Python vs R vs Julia vs Swift
• The Advent of Server-Side Swift in ML
• Preparing Enough Data or Using Synthetic Data
• Using Augmented Data

What are the different types of Machine Learning?

• Statistical Learning using Structured Data
• Transfer Learning with Neural Networks
• Model Training 

Examples and Usage of Machine Learning

• Predictions Based On Structured Data
• Sound Filtering
• Computational Photography
• Image Classification and Enhancement
• Health Care (while respecting Privacy)
• Augmented Reality
• Audio Transcription

Where And How To Implement ML

• Any Apps which use Rich Media (i.e. Image, Audio, etc...)
• Server-Side vs Client-Side
• Future of using ML with Text
• What's the future of Machine Learning

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Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Blippy Trance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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Creators & Guests

Host

Leo Dion

Swift developer for Apple devices and more; Founder of BrightDigit; husband and father of 6 adorable kids

Guest

Kevin Scott

Slinging codes and flipping design burgers. Author of Deep Learning In Javascript (https://t.co/jNMuzY2GcK)

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