Lecture 1-5ML and Other Fields

ML and Data Mining

Machine Learning

Use data to compute hypothesis $g$ that approximates target $f$

Text Mning

Use (huge) data to find property that is interesting

• if ‘interesting property’ same as ‘hypothesis that approximates target’: ML = DM
• if ‘interesting property’ related to ‘hypothesis that approximates target’: ML and DM can help each other(often but not always)
• traditional DM also focuses on efficient computation in large database

difficult to distinguish ML and DM in reality

ML and AI

Artificial Intelligence

Compute something that shows intelligent behavior

• $g \approx f$ is something that shows intelligence: ML can realize AI, among other routes
• e.g. chess playing
  
  • traditional AI: game tree
  • ML: learn from board data

ML and Statistics

Statistics

Use data to make inference about an unknown process

• $g$ is an inference outcome; $f$ is unknown: statistics can be used to achieve ML
• traditional statistics also focus on provable results with math assumptions, and care less about the computation
• Many useful tools in statistics can be used in ML

Lecture 1 Summary