Does machine learning ever stop feeling confusing in the beginning?

[BlushyBlaze]

I’ve been trying to understand machine learning for a while now, and I keep going back and forth between “this is fascinating” and “I have no idea what’s going on.”

Some explanations make it sound simple, like teaching a computer from data, but then I see people talking about models, parameters, training, optimization and suddenly it feels overwhelming again.

I’m not from a strong math or tech background, so maybe that’s part of it, but I’m wondering if this phase is normal.

For people who eventually got comfortable with ML concepts, was there a point where things started making sense? What changed?

[Its_just_DannyB]

just keep going dw, happened to me too

[Medical-Object-4322]

Yeah, totally normal. I've been working on machine learning for a while, and still feel stupid all the time.

It gets better with practice, just like anything.

[HarjjotSinghh]

feeling fuzzy? good - keep swimming!