I told everyone that I didn't care.

"Screw math! I've never been great with it, so I'm not starting with machine learning to fail at the end."

That was many years ago.

Math is still hard, but I don't think you should be scared at all. Here is why: 🧵👇

[1] One thing changed my mind: school pushed me to the deep end of the pool, and I was forced to swim.

I had to face my fears, and I started machine learning and realized that the math involved is not as scary (or as much) as some people believe.

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[2] Probably one of the most frequent questions I get is around the math needed for machine learning.

Answer:

▫️ Probabilities and Statistics
▫️ Linear Algebra
▫️ Calculus

But it turns out that this is not helpful.

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[3] What are you gonna do with this?

Are you going to learn all there's is about linear algebra before looking into machine learning?

How about probabilities and statistics? Or calculus? Do you know how extensive calculus is?

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[4] Many people stop looking into machine learning as soon as somebody tells them that calculus is a pre-requisite.

First of all, the amount of calculus you truly need is minuscule.

Second, without proper direction, there's no way you'll find your way through the noise.

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