... clustering algorithms, and neuralnetworks.Why unify information theory and machine learning? Because they aretwo sides of the same coin. In the 1 960 s, a single field, cybernetics, waspopulated by information ... scientists, and neuroscientists,all studying common problems. Information theory and machine learning stillbelong together. Brains are the ultimate compression and communicationsystems. And the ... For a(14, 8) code, M = 6, so there are at most 2 6 = 64 syndromes. The number ofpossible error patterns of weight up to two, 1 06, is bigger than the number ofsyndromes, 64 , so we can immediately...