[HN Gopher] Show HN: Machine Learning for Google Sheets
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       Show HN: Machine Learning for Google Sheets
        
       Author : janhenr
       Score  : 72 points
       Date   : 2021-09-24 15:35 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
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       | syntaxing wrote:
       | I have mix feelings. On one hand, this is pretty awesome in the
       | sense more people should have access to different ML easier. But
       | on the other hand, I'm guessing the people who can't pipe a csv
       | to pandas + scikit will probably neglect important steps like
       | data processing and output interpretation like balanced accuracy
       | vs accuracy.
        
         | hervature wrote:
         | I like to say "the dollars are in the data". Tools like these
         | do open up ML to a wider audience but it does nothing for them
         | to understand that nothing beats proper record keeping and data
         | collection. Furthermore, it handicaps you in certain ways. For
         | example, how are missing values handled?
        
           | syntaxing wrote:
           | Totally agree, getting actionable and confident results from
           | ML is a really tough thing to do. Imputing data, feature
           | processing, metric choices, and etc is almost an art form
           | (though new AutoML libraries have made this much easier).
        
         | dreyfan wrote:
         | > I'm guessing the people who can't pipe a csv to pandas +
         | scikit
         | 
         | People who know how to do that neglect the important steps too.
         | The hardest part about ML is finding practitioners who aren't
         | false positives.
        
           | jstx1 wrote:
           | I hear this a lot but I haven't seen too much of it in the
           | real world. In my experience it's a competitive field to get
           | into so even the junior people are pretty decent. They have
           | to be.
        
       | brap wrote:
       | I just want to say that I love this. I'm not your target
       | audience, but I think the idea and execution are pretty damn neat
       | and I hope you succeed.
       | 
       | I'd try to put some focus on helping users who aren't ML savvy
       | understand the different algorithms and hyperparameters, the
       | choice can be confusing otherwise.
        
       | drumttocs8 wrote:
       | How does this product make money?
        
       | grepLeigh wrote:
       | Very cool idea. I can't wait to play with this. I've sold similar
       | "productized services" as a consultant. Most businesses benefit
       | from churn, revenue/expense forecasting, and stack-rank models
       | but not to the degree where paying in-house makes sense. I was
       | typically brought in as part of the fund-raising process.
       | 
       | What is your business model?
        
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