Kepler was a Data Scientist
4 min readDec 9, 2020
With the blooming of machine learning that has occurred over the past decade, the notion of machines that learn from experience has become a mainstream theme in both technical and journalistic circles. Now, how is it exactly that a machine learns? What are the mechanics of it, or the algorithm behind it? From the point of view of an outer observer, a learning algorithm is presented input data that is paired with desired outputs. When…