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Re: Ask HN: What do you use Machine Learning for?

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Post by nrdwavexe »

First of all, suppose we say "tool learning" instead of "machine learning". Next, suppose we view the mind as a collection of automaticities---machines. This means detaching from the image of the self as a unified whole and attaching to the image of the self as a network of activities and processes.

Machine learning means I am going to entertain the notion that these mental formations can learn on their own, in other words, that I will give them permission to have their own autonomy.

Why would I do that? Why would I give a bunch of paintings in a museum armaments? And freedom of movement? Why would I give mental formations the power to hurt, even kill me? In order to learn, we must first learn to kill the reality in which we cannot learn. I am the thing that creates the reality in which you cannot learn, since if you could, you would learn how to kill me.

Re: Ask HN: What do you use Machine Learning for?

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Post by mikeroher »

leanthonyrn wrote: post #58

I work for a large multi-hospital corporation. We use machine learning to predict the risk of a patient, after an inpatient admission, being readmitted in 30 days post discharge. If the risk is high, we proactively put process in place to reduce the readmission risk.

Can you elaborate a little bit more on the process?

Re: Ask HN: What do you use Machine Learning for?

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Post by dominotw »

omarforgotpwd wrote: post #72

I run a website called Hey Am I Fat. We've trained a classifier based off a simple softmax regression in TensorFlow that tries to detect whether people are fat or not. If you submit a picture of yourself to HeyAmIFat.com we can tell you if you're fat or not within minutes.

i think you would get more traction if you had called it doILookFat.com or doesItMakeMyButtLookBig.com . Then automatically find and link to products ( jeans/hairstyle) ect that can improve the situation. make money from product referrals.

Re: Ask HN: What do you use Machine Learning for?

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Post by antognini »

We use it for automated seizure detection in EEG data. Most seizures have no clinical manifestation (e.g., shaking or trembling), and if a seizure goes on too long (~30 minutes) the patient can suffer permanent brain damage or even die. This is particularly problematic for patients in the ICU since they tend to seize silently more often and it isn't easy to tell that they are seizing without having a neurologist examine the EEG data.

We also use machine learning for detecting other features of EEG data and removing artifacts. (Eye blinks, for example, cause big artifacts.)

Re: Ask HN: What do you use Machine Learning for?

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Post by klancaster »

thenaturalist wrote: post #71
klancaster wrote: post #29

We analyze images of skin lesions and give a probability whether they are malignant melanoma. The analysis is performed on-board on mobile phones.

Hey, sounds interesting. Would you share the name of your company/ startup?

At this point, it is university research. The work has been published, and we are in clinical trials in prep for commercialization.

Re: Ask HN: What do you use Machine Learning for?

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Post by klancaster »

zfran wrote: post #82
klancaster wrote: post #29

We analyze images of skin lesions and give a probability whether they are malignant melanoma. The analysis is performed on-board on mobile phones.

do you worry about the weights of your net being stolen off the app through reverse engineering?

It is a bit of concern, but we are not out in the wild yet so we have time to look at ways to protect the IP.

Re: Ask HN: What do you use Machine Learning for?

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Post by Normal_gaussian »

omarforgotpwd wrote: post #72

I run a website called Hey Am I Fat. We've trained a classifier based off a simple softmax regression in TensorFlow that tries to detect whether people are fat or not. If you submit a picture of yourself to HeyAmIFat.com we can tell you if you're fat or not within minutes.

A nice email / phone capture portal you have there.

Does anybody know what the value of such lists are? Having no other information with them I can't imagine it is much.

Re: Ask HN: What do you use Machine Learning for?

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Post by omarforgotpwd »

dominotw wrote: post #93
omarforgotpwd wrote: post #72

I run a website called Hey Am I Fat. We've trained a classifier based off a simple softmax regression in TensorFlow that tries to detect whether people are fat or not. If you submit a picture of yourself to HeyAmIFat.com we can tell you if you're fat or not within minutes.

i think you would get more traction if you had called it doILookFat.com or doesItMakeMyButtLookBig.com . Then automatically find and link to products ( jeans/hairstyle) ect that can improve the situation. make money from product referrals.

Hahaha, the website was just made as a joke but you're probably right that it could be optimized to get more traction...

Re: Ask HN: What do you use Machine Learning for?

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Post by tonyedgecombe »

chollida1 wrote: post #81
jedberg wrote: post #33

I'm not using it at this moment, but in a couple of weeks I'll have a newborn, and I was thinking of taking pictures of him every time he is upset, and then tagging the photo with what ends up being the resolution (feed, change, or nap) and seeing if I could build a classifier that could figure out what he needs just from a picture of his angry face. Semi-related, but if anyone is using the AWS tools for their AI, pl…

:) I really like the idea and get ready for the excitement of having a family. I think the problem you'll end up having is that in some/most cases you are never really certain what the problem was. Feeding might make the crying stop but you have no way of knowing if the reason for the crying was hunger. Similar problems for sleep, diaper changing, etc. Every time the crying stops you can never be certain if you just…

I seem to remember nappy (diaper) changes were easy to predict, they were usually proceeded by a bright red face.
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