The Ultimate Software: Machine Learning & Intelligence

World-renowned expert and author on Machine Learning Professor Pedro Domingos talks about a proposed "grand unification" of the five general approaches for AI/ML and calls for more ideas in this clear, well-organized, very accessible talk.

Machine learning is the automation of discovery. With it, computers can program themselves instead of having to be programmed by us. Learning systems are widely used in science, business and government, but are still shrouded in mystery.

This talk explains the five major paradigms in machine learning – symbolic learning, deep learning, genetic algorithms, Bayesian learning, and reasoning by analogy – and samples some of the major applications they enable, from automated biology to personalized recommendations.

It concludes with a look at the future: what machine learning will bring us, and the roadblocks, dangers, and opportunities on that path.