Human Learning vs. Machine Learning
A human recognizes a cat at a glance; a neural network wants a hundred thousand more examples.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2025-08-07-human-learning-vs-machine-learning/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
[HUMAN LEARNING] A person sees a cat: "Ooh! Cat!"
[MACHINE LEARNING] A neural network sees a cat: "iiiiiiinteresting, can you show me 10⁵ more examples and 10⁶ counterexamples?"