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Machine Learning with sample data set

I have a question regarding Machine Learning in general. Consider the following scenario: Given a piece of text, we want a program to know whether the text is 'abusive' or not. To do this we can ...
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Can a neural network provide more than “yes” or “no” answers?

Every example neural network for image recognition I've read about produces a simple "yes" or "no" answer. One exit node corresponds to "Yes, this is a human face," and one corresponds to "No, this ...
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Teaching English Grammar to a computer/software? [closed]

This Q may seem wierd, but I was stumbling by a thought of how can I teach a Computer a particular human language?? I am planning on a project where in a computer would, like any small human kid, be ...
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Tasks incorrectly categorized with online text classifiers

Context: Finding company to do the job The use case of an application I want to write is that a user will describe a task to be performed by some company, e.g., I want to move 10 boxes ...
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How, in addition to backpropagation, are neural networks trained? [closed]

Backpropagation is perhaps the most famous method for training neural networks. What are some other alternative methods for training neural networks and how do they compare to backpropagation?
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How to create a Semantic Network like wordnet based on Wikipedia?

I am an undergraduate student and I have to create a Semantic Network based on Wikipedia. This Semantic Network would be similar to Wordnet(except for it is based on Wikipedia and is concerned with ...
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What algorithm(s) can be used to achieve reasonably good next word prediction?

What is a good way of implementing "next-word prediction"? For example, the user types "I am" and the system suggests "a" and "not" (or possibly others) as the next word. I am aware of a method that ...
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What is the required background to apply Machine Learning to Finance?

I'm interested in machine learning in relations to the stock market (predicting future values of stocks etc). What topics would I need to learn - e.g. what branch of AI to look into etc? and what ...
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What's the best way to learn image processing?

I'm a senior in college that hasn't done much image processing before (except for some basic image compression on smartphones). I'm starting a research project on machine learning next semester that ...
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Is there a good Cognitive Architecture for implementing intelligent software agents?

So, I like dabbling in intelligent agent design (mainly video-game 'bots' but also some general task automation), but as a budding psychologist, I'd be really interested in a platform for developing ...
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Industry jobs in artificial intelligence

As a relatively new computer science student, I am trying to find my niche within this broader field. My main goal is not academia but, well, a job. As such, I want to choose a specialization or two ...
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Implementing a machine learning algorithm to detect the region of an address

I have 10,000 addresses from a city, which all have a region field in the database. When a new address is entered, then I want my software to automatically detect the region of the address . I think ...
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Simple method for reliably detecting code in text?

GMail has this feature where it will warn you if you try to send an email that it thinks might have an attachment. Because GMail detected the string see the attached in the email, but no actual ...
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Can symbolic AI 'learn' a data model?

Perceptrons, a simple form of supervised machine learning, must be trained with a set of known good inputs before they can "learn" by adjusting internal weights assigned to inputs, based on the ...
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What applications for self-adaptive programs can you think of? [closed]

Hey everyone! By self-adaptive programs, I mean the programs which are able to adapt to specific situations. For example they are able to repair them selves or are able to change their behavior ...