Re: [Maxima-discuss] ML for symbolic math

[Raymond T. <toy...@gm...>]

>>>>> "Henry" == Henry Baker <hb...@pi...> writes:

    Henry> The same way that AI/ML spam filters work: thumbs up or thumbs down.
    Henry> If the AI/ML has access to a large # of Maxima users, then it can get a bit of the "wisdom of the crowd".

Given how often my spam folder actually contains non-spam email, I
don't think I want an AI/ML producing math results for me.

    Henry> Google uses similar kinds of technology to determine what
    Henry> people want in their search results.

    Henry> Netflix uses similar kinds of technology to determine what you might want to watch.

Yeah, the problem with that is that if it's wrong, it's not a big
deal; you just won't use the suggestion.  I think people would be less
forgiving if the math result was wrong.

Of course, maxima produces wrong results too.

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Ray