top | item 14275436 Ask HN: How have you used (or wanted to use) machine learning in your business? 9 points| adamb | 9 years ago | reply 5 comments order hn newest [+] [-] skyfallsin|9 years ago|reply Definitely need it for sales forecasting, and for figuring out what a brand-new click to a website will most likely do. [+] [-] sam5q|9 years ago|reply I used to work in the IP industry and was frustrated with how inefficient and ineffective patent searching was. So I started a company to use ML to automate patent search. If your business isn't thinking about how to use ML, someone else is. [+] [-] bigwilliestyle|9 years ago|reply I feel like if you can't think of a way to apply ML to your business, you should be worried about someone out there who can. [+] [-] yunuss|9 years ago|reply Yeap. For predicting user intent so that we can direct them to the appropriate page. [+] [-] adamb|9 years ago|reply Cool! Does this sort of thing ever upset users when you guess wrong?
[+] [-] skyfallsin|9 years ago|reply Definitely need it for sales forecasting, and for figuring out what a brand-new click to a website will most likely do.
[+] [-] sam5q|9 years ago|reply I used to work in the IP industry and was frustrated with how inefficient and ineffective patent searching was. So I started a company to use ML to automate patent search. If your business isn't thinking about how to use ML, someone else is.
[+] [-] bigwilliestyle|9 years ago|reply I feel like if you can't think of a way to apply ML to your business, you should be worried about someone out there who can.
[+] [-] yunuss|9 years ago|reply Yeap. For predicting user intent so that we can direct them to the appropriate page. [+] [-] adamb|9 years ago|reply Cool! Does this sort of thing ever upset users when you guess wrong?
[+] [-] skyfallsin|9 years ago|reply
[+] [-] sam5q|9 years ago|reply
[+] [-] bigwilliestyle|9 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] adamb|9 years ago|reply