Machine Learning in Elixir

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Recent advances in machine learning have largely been attributed to deep learning. The popularity of deep learning—thanks to impressive feats in natural language processing, computer vision, and generative modeling—has made it almost synonymous with machine learning. However, the field of machine learning is vast. Deep learning refers to a subset of machine learning that uses neural networks. You’ll learn more about deep learning in Chapter 6, ​Go Deep with Axon​. But first, you’ll focus on shallow machine learning algorithms.

Shallow machine learning refers to non-deep-learning-based algorithms. But the term is a bit of a misnomer. In a deep-learning-centric world, it’s easy to classify algorithms into one of two classes: ...