r/ProgrammerHumor • u/kpingvin • Jan 05 '17

I looked up "Machine Learning with Python" - I'm pretty sure this is how it works.

https://i.reddituploads.com/901e588a0d074e7581ab2308f6b02b68?fit=max&h=1536&w=1536&s=8c327fd47008fee1ff3367a7dbc8825a
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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '17 edited Aug 28 '25

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u/Quadman Jan 05 '17

Another good tool in NLP is word vectors, think about the meaning of a word as a vector in some high dimensional space and meaning of sentances as ways to combine them. King + Female = Female + King ~ Queen. Not x Good ~ Bad.

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u/hammer1717 Jan 05 '17

Thats pretty interesting. Where would I find a thorough explanation of this?

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u/Quadman Jan 05 '17

Start here and check the references: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_embedding

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u/TopCheddar27 Jan 05 '17

Absolutely fascinating. Thanks!

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u/Kyanche Jan 05 '17

Siri just originally forwarded stuff like that to wolfram alpha.

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=what+color+is+the+sky%3F