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What I Read: Brains Predict Their Perceptions

By Andrew Fairless on December 28, 2021November 16, 2021

https://www.quantamagazine.org/to-be-energy-efficient-brains-predict-their-perceptions-20211115/ To Be Energy-Efficient, Brains Predict Their PerceptionsAnil AnanthaswamyNovember 15, 2021 “Results from neural networks support the idea that brains are “prediction machines” — and that they work that wayContinue readingWhat I Read: Brains Predict Their Perceptions

What I Read: Machine learning is not nonparametric statistics

By Andrew Fairless on October 20, 2021October 16, 2021

https://www.argmin.net/2021/10/13/prediction/ Machine learning is not nonparametric statistics.Ben RechtOct 13, 2021 “…I’ve been told by respected statisticians that machine learning is nothing more than nonparametric statistics. The longer I work inContinue readingWhat I Read: Machine learning is not nonparametric statistics