Understanding Gradient Boosting. Gradient boosting is a way to make a…

Gradient boosting is a way to make a computer program better at predicting things. It's often used in things like making recommendations for what movies you might like on Netflix, or predicting how much money a company might make next year.. So how does it work? Imagine you're trying to guess how many apples are in a basket, but you're not very good at it. You might guess 10, but then you see the real answer is 15. So next time, you guess 12, because you know you were too low last time.