Chris Re: How Machine Learning is Changing Software

Software has been eating the world for the last ten years. In the last few years, a new phenomenon has started to emerge: machine learning is eating software. That is, machine learning is radically changing how one builds, deploys, and maintains software leading some to use the loosely defined phrase Software 2. 0. Rather than conventional programming, Software 2. 0 systems often accept highlevel domain knowledge or are programmed by simply feeding them copious amounts of data. In this Stanford HAI sem