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by gnicholas 1156 days ago
I read this to see if it would be useful to share with my 9 year old. After reading it, I think it is not any more useful (alone) than watching the 3b1b video on this topic. The video is longer, but has more visualizations.

I think that perhaps reading this description after watching the video might make the process more memorable. My guess is that if I had my daughter read this first, it wouldn't do much to make the video easier to parse. Reading this real-world example after watching the video could help solidify the concept.

Disclaimer: I don't know a lot about AI/ML, so it's possible that I am 100% wrong here!
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kaycebasques 1156 days ago
> I think it is not any more useful (alone) than watching the 3b1b video on this topic

This one? https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZHQObOWTQDNU6R1_67000Dx_...

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gnicholas 1156 days ago
Yep! I've only watched the first two in the series so far.
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ChatGTP 1156 days ago
Sorry if this is a personal question, but why would you get a 9 year old into machine learning ?
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gnicholas 1156 days ago
Fair question. She's very curious about all sorts of things and always wants to know how they work. I also assume she'll find out about ChatGPT in the next year or two, at school. I figure she will probably ask me about how chatbots work, whether they are actually smart, etc. So for now I've been keeping an eye out for explainers that would help her understand things as I've been learning myself.

Sorry if this is a personal question, but how did you choose your username?

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gibolt 1156 days ago
Why not? Get them into a little bit of everything, and let them dig further into the topics that they find exciting.

Kids are just as capable as most adults (if not more). Give them a foot in the door and they have all the time in the world to build in that knowledge.

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hackernewds 1156 days ago
You could just let your daughter see it. To what extent can you "protect" her exposure to the world?
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gnicholas 1156 days ago
Huh? It’s about efficiency and not wasting time on something that’s not very useful. Should she see A and B, both (in what order), or neither? That’s the question.
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