What is machine learning?
Machine learning is when a computer uses an influx of data to find patterns, develop algorithms and find solutions to problems.
Machine learning with Googles’ Teachable Machine
How to use it?
1. Gather pictures of things you want the computer to learn or differentiate between.
2. You can either use your webcam to take pictures, or upload pictures that were already taken.
Note that the more pictures you gather at different angles and upload the more accurate the machine becomes. (Clear backgrounds removes other confusion)
3. Click “Train Model”
4. Test it out
https://teachablemachine.withgoogle.com/models/Z6sakP_cS/
Before this exercise I assumed machine learning would require you to have an advanced knowledge of coding and algorithms to use. However, it has showed me how simple it can be. The fact that it is simple means I would better be able to explain it in a class setting. Instead of it being out of reach and inaccessible it now is something I could teach at different levels of understanding without being overly complex.