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> [“As so often happens in computer science, we’re willing to sacrifice efficiency for generality.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pedro-domingos/as-so-often-happens-in-computer-science-we-re-willing-to-sacrifice/)

[Pedro Domingos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pedro-domingos/)

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## More by Pedro Domingos

> [“Columbus was not the first person to discover America, but the last.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pedro-domingos/columbus-was-not-the-first-person-to-discover-america-but-the-last/)

[Pedro Domingos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pedro-domingos/)

> [“why is it that the simple, abstract language of mathematics can accurately capture so much of our infinitely complex world?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pedro-domingos/why-is-it-that-the-simple-abstract-language-of-mathematics-can/)

[Pedro Domingos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pedro-domingos/)

> [“They point out that we never know for sure which hypothesis is the true one, and so we shouldn’t just pick one hypothesis, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pedro-domingos/they-point-out-that-we-never-know-for-sure-which-hypothesis-is-the/)

[Pedro Domingos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pedro-domingos/)

> [“Evolution is an algorithm.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pedro-domingos/evolution-is-an-algorithm/)

[Pedro Domingos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pedro-domingos/)

> [“Your digital future begins with a realization: every time you interact with a computer—whether it’s your smart phone or a server thousands of miles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pedro-domingos/your-digital-future-begins-with-a-realization-every-time-you-interact/)

[Pedro Domingos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pedro-domingos/)

> [“Michelangelo said that all he did was see the statue inside the block of marble and carve away the excess stone until the statue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pedro-domingos/michelangelo-said-that-all-he-did-was-see-the-statue-inside-the-block/)

[Pedro Domingos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pedro-domingos/)

> [“Bias is a learner’s tendency to consistently learn the same wrong thing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pedro-domingos/bias-is-a-learner-s-tendency-to-consistently-learn-the-same-wrong/)

[Pedro Domingos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pedro-domingos/)

> [“The Industrial Revolution automated manual work and the Information Revolution did the same for mental work, but machine learning automates automation itself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pedro-domingos/the-industrial-revolution-automated-manual-work-and-the-information/)

[Pedro Domingos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pedro-domingos/)

> [“All knowledge—past, present, and future—can be derived from data by a single, universal learning algorithm.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pedro-domingos/all-knowledge-past-present-and-future-can-be-derived-from-data-by-a/)

[Pedro Domingos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pedro-domingos/)

> [“As so often happens in computer science, we’re willing to sacrifice efficiency for generality.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pedro-domingos/as-so-often-happens-in-computer-science-we-re-willing-to-sacrifice/)

[Pedro Domingos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pedro-domingos/)

> [“Evolution is the ultimate example of how much a simple learning algorithm can achieve given enough data.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pedro-domingos/evolution-is-the-ultimate-example-of-how-much-a-simple-learning/)

[Pedro Domingos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pedro-domingos/)

> [“If computers make us smarter, computers running the Master Algorithm will make us feel like geniuses.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pedro-domingos/if-computers-make-us-smarter-computers-running-the-master-algorithm/)

[Pedro Domingos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pedro-domingos/)

> [“Common sense is important not just because your mom taught you so, but because computers don’t have it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pedro-domingos/common-sense-is-important-not-just-because-your-mom-taught-you-so-but/)

[Pedro Domingos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pedro-domingos/)

> [“theorem says that P( cause \| effect) = P( cause) × P( effect \| cause) / P( effect). Replace cause by A and effect by B and”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pedro-domingos/theorem-says-that-p-cause-effect-p-cause-p-effect-cause-p-effect/)

[Pedro Domingos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pedro-domingos/)

> [“Before we can discover deep truths with machine learning, we have to discover deep truths about machine learning.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pedro-domingos/before-we-can-discover-deep-truths-with-machine-learning-we-have-to/)

[Pedro Domingos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pedro-domingos/)

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