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Machine Learning: Our Second Brain


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If you haven’t listened to any of ONE Energy’s podcasts yet, this is the one to listen to! On the show, Robert Mereau and I discuss how data analytics and machine learning are going to play a major role in helping energy to become cleaner and greener. Robert is one of the co-creators of White Whale Analytics and is now currently the head of Machine Intelligence at White Whale Analytics. What they do is help companies sift through copious amounts of data using machine intelligence to help them see patterns that they might not have seen on their own. With the help of machine intelligence pointing out these patterns, businesses can then make insightful, data driven decisions to be more efficient, reduce waste, and increase profits.



There are so many things that stood out to me from our conversation, such as, machine learning is about codifying the way the logical side of our brain works. We essentially super impose our logical reasoning into a computer to help us make and work through problems that might normally take large amounts of time. This then results in the ability for humans to spend more time focused on higher level thinking activities, rather then having the task of making sense of large quantities of data. A similar event occurred when the wheel and tools were invented. With these simple pieces of technology it allowed humans to focus on other things besides manual labor, which helped to move humankind forward at an exponential rate. Robert said, “technology allows us to scale our imaginations!”



We desperately need machine learning if we are going to make the best decisions moving forward when it comes to clean energy. We need the certainty and efficiency that machine intelligence offers in order to help us make smart decisions. There are a lot of variables involved when it comes to climate change and clean energy. As a result, we need machine intelligence to help us see correlations and patterns we would have never seen on our own in order to make the energy we use cleaner and greener.



You will not be disappointed by Robert’s thoughts and advice as to how we can move the world forward and be better care takers of the earth we live on.
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