One algorithm to rule them all: Gradient Descent
9 min readAug 3, 2020
Chances are high that you’ve heard about Machine Learning (ML). ML has seen substantial advances over the past decade and has already impacted our lives in many ways. Netflix movie recommendations; ML. Email spam filtering; ML. Alexa’s voice recognition; ML. But what exactly is ML and what sort of magic happens behind the scenes for these products and services to be able to perform human-like activities?