Unsupervised Learning Demystified

Unsupervised learning may sound like a fancy way to say "let the kids learn on their own not to touch the hot oven" but it's actually a pattern-finding technique for mining inspiration from your data. It has nothing to do with machines running around without adult supervision, forming their own opinions about things. If this feels familiar, unsupervised machine learning might be your new best friend. This post is beginner-friendly, but assumes you're familiar with the story so far: Check out the six instances above. These photographs are not accompanied by labels.