AI and the Mind 01 · Classical machine learning
Puerto Brisa, Villaseca and Bahía Sur are invented towns. All data is invented.
Supervised: examples come with the right answers. Unsupervised: examples, no answers.
This tool teaches how machines learn from invented weather. In "Learn with answers", the world panel shows studied days (filled) and unseen days (rings); the model panel shows the curve fitted to the studied days and how far off it was; the flexibility check shows how mistakes change as the model bends more or less. In "Find patterns without answers", the same days are grouped using only their measurements — never a date — and the calendar strip reveals whether those groups line up with the seasons.
One calendar year; all five years overlaid.
The curve the model has fitted to the studied days.
| studied miss | unseen miss | |
|---|---|---|
| The model | — | — |
| Grandpa's rule | — | — |
Mistakes at every flexibility level, from stiff ruler to wet spaghetti.
Grey until the first step; then coloured and shaped by group.
Five years, one row each. Name a group by typing over its label.
Average distance to each group centre, per step.
| Changed group this step | — |
|---|---|
| Same group as the day before | — |