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Machine Learning in a Nutshell

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You have probably already heard about machine learning—it has become a buzzword associated with everything from utopian paradises where machine learning seems to be able to solve almost every problem in a day to scenarios where machine learning is associated with dire biases suppressing humans of all shades.

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    Arthur Samuel, “Some Studies in Machine Learning Using the Game of Checkers,” IBM Journal of Research and Development, 3 (3), 210–229, 1959.

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    J. Moor, “The Dartmouth College Artificial Intelligence Conference: The Next Fifty Years,” AI Magazine, Vol 27, No., 4, 87-9, 2006.

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Baer, T. (2019). Machine Learning in a Nutshell. In: Understand, Manage, and Prevent Algorithmic Bias. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4885-0_5

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