# Machine Learning Requires Assumptions There is no machine learning without assumptions. You have to interpolate what is between the dots. And to interpolate you must make assumptions on smoothness or something of that sort. These prior assumptions will help you transfer from one domain to another domain. --- Date: 20221222 Links to: Tags: #review References: * [#036 - Max Welling: Quantum, Manifolds & Symmetries in ML - YouTube](https://youtu.be/mmDw5glry9w?t=2718)