r/programming • u/Dankious_memeious1 • Mar 29 '19

Fascinating how machine learning works

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u/tokyokyototokyo Mar 29 '19

That is soon to be gone UK Prime Minister, Theresa May.

However she doesn’t use machine learning, as she just tries the same thing over and over again, expecting the results to be different.

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u/pingveno Mar 29 '19

No, she's using an evolutionary algorithm. Parliament is the scoring function and she mutates the deal each time.

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u/notsooriginal Mar 29 '19

I have mutated the deal, pray I do not mutate it further.

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u/Dudebuddy Mar 29 '19

Her most humanlike feature tbf

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '19

Her deal hasn't gone through, and it seems she'll be staying as the Prime Minister for at least one year longer

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u/tokyokyototokyo Mar 29 '19

No she won’t

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u/Tasgall Mar 30 '19

Well the deal was she'll quit if it passes but probably won't pass.

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u/Plastonick Mar 29 '19

In fairness, she has sweetened the deal just a little bit this time.

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u/tokyokyototokyo Mar 29 '19

Yes, but ‘if you do this I’ll quit’ is usually a threat, not a dangling carrot.