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<p>In <a href="https://dswalter.github.io/category/blog.html">blog</a>.</p>

</footer><!-- /.post-info -->      <p>Perhaps you have heard of the sophisticated, elegant <a href="https://github.com/panicsteve/cloud-to-butt">Cloud-to-Butt plugin</a>, which searches through the text on a website for the phrase "The Cloud" and replaces it with "My Butt". <a href="http://gizmodo.com/the-best-of-cloud-to-butt-the-only-extension-youll-eve-1685863609">This compilation</a> shows some of the most urbane results.</p>
<p>It struck me that if you replaced "Machine Learning Algorithm" with "Magic Spell" in many contexts, the content would feel very similar.</p>
<p>So I put together a Chrome plugin called "Machine Learning is Magic" that you can  <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/machine-learning-is-magic/miejfpgjbmgjkhdflhkdnnkhmpknibmc?hl=en">download here.</a></p>
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<p><img alt="" src="https://dswalter.github.io/images/magic-screenshot.PNG"></p>
<p>And you get fun intro sites like this:</p>
<p><img alt="" src="https://dswalter.github.io/images/a-tour-of-magic-spells.png"></p>
<p>I ended up going a bit overboard and doing a few more replacements: "data" becomes "Raw Magic Material", "probability" becomes "The Fates", etc. I had fun with it.</p>
<p><a href="https://github.com/dswalter/machine-learning-is-magic">The code</a> is a bit janky, so pull requests are welcome. And if you think I should make the simpler version that only replaces "machine learning algorithm" with "magic spells", leave a comment. Enjoy!</p>
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