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hyperific ◴[06 Nov 24 19:26 UTC] No.42067859[source]▶

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The article mentions Support Vector Machines being the hot topic in 2008. Is anyone still using/researching these?

I often wonder how many useful technologies could exist if trends went a different way. Where would we be if neural nets hadn't caught on and SVMs and expert systems had.

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1. spencerchubb ◴[06 Nov 24 19:46 UTC] No.42068207[source]▶

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in insurance we use older statistical methods that are easily interpretable, because we are required to have rates approved by departments of insurance

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The deep learning boom caught almost everyone by surprise