You are smarter than you think: (super) machine learning in context.

Journal: European journal of epidemiology
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Abstract

We discuss an article on super learning by Naimi and Balzer in the current issue of this journal in the context of machine learning. We give a brief example that emphasizes the need for human intelligence in the rapidly evolving field of machine learning.

Authors

  • Alexander P Keil
    Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, 20850, MD, USA.
  • Jessie K Edwards
    Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, 2102E McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Campus Box 7435, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7435, USA.