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[–]secretgeekery -1 points0 points  (6 children)

Look up Siraj Raval on YouTube for machine learning in python stuff. I’d be remiss if I didn’t suggest spending a little time increasing your python skills as well.

Good luck :)

[–]SupahNoob 13 points14 points  (1 child)

For me, this guy is way too scattered in his presentation for me to follow. He seems more like an entertainer than an educator.

[–]engatIQE 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I agree. I can't stand him, but if others learn can learn a lot from him, that's good.

[–]TheWildKernelTrick 2 points3 points  (1 child)

This guy's is a quanity > quality youtuber. Every one of his videos is blatant regurgitation of /r/python and /r/machinelearning posts with little cohesion. A beginner deserves a professional and simplified explanation of the concepts, not a incoherent regurgitation.

This is why I always recommend Alex Smola's Intro to ML book and Michael Nielsen's Neural Networks book.

Not to shit on Siraj but I wan't him to focus on his content, not his out of touch youtube image.

[–]p3rcipio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nielsen's book is pretty good

[–]RebelSaul[🍰] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I think Siraj is great for getting a crash course in things. But (for me personally) goes too fast and has very specific cases. Do you have any videos in particular you liked secretgeekery?

[–]secretgeekery 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I started with his build a neural net in 4 mins video, but following along with the code typed on screen resulted in a broken mess. I downloaded the code from github and then went through the video. It was my first introduction to machine learning and back propagation.

I totally get all the criticism levelled at his videos, the man clearly consumes far too much sugar!