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I'm starting my machine learning study and I'm trying to figure out a simple question:



Let's say that I have two models, one that recognizes cats, and another one that recognize dogs.



Now I have a camera and I want to recognize both cats and dogs using my models.



Obviously, I don't want to create a third model to recognize both, having all the work to label each animal, so, is there a method to "merge" both models into one?



I'm asking this question because I want to understand one thing: why ML engineers don't share their models so then we can create aggregated models? For example, if a person A has a model that classifies people and a person B has a model for animals. Why they can't just share their models so then each one will have a more powerful model without needing to re-train everything?



I'm sorry if this is a too basic question, but I didn't see on Google any clear explanation. Thanks.










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    I'm starting my machine learning study and I'm trying to figure out a simple question:



    Let's say that I have two models, one that recognizes cats, and another one that recognize dogs.



    Now I have a camera and I want to recognize both cats and dogs using my models.



    Obviously, I don't want to create a third model to recognize both, having all the work to label each animal, so, is there a method to "merge" both models into one?



    I'm asking this question because I want to understand one thing: why ML engineers don't share their models so then we can create aggregated models? For example, if a person A has a model that classifies people and a person B has a model for animals. Why they can't just share their models so then each one will have a more powerful model without needing to re-train everything?



    I'm sorry if this is a too basic question, but I didn't see on Google any clear explanation. Thanks.










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      I'm starting my machine learning study and I'm trying to figure out a simple question:



      Let's say that I have two models, one that recognizes cats, and another one that recognize dogs.



      Now I have a camera and I want to recognize both cats and dogs using my models.



      Obviously, I don't want to create a third model to recognize both, having all the work to label each animal, so, is there a method to "merge" both models into one?



      I'm asking this question because I want to understand one thing: why ML engineers don't share their models so then we can create aggregated models? For example, if a person A has a model that classifies people and a person B has a model for animals. Why they can't just share their models so then each one will have a more powerful model without needing to re-train everything?



      I'm sorry if this is a too basic question, but I didn't see on Google any clear explanation. Thanks.










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      I'm starting my machine learning study and I'm trying to figure out a simple question:



      Let's say that I have two models, one that recognizes cats, and another one that recognize dogs.



      Now I have a camera and I want to recognize both cats and dogs using my models.



      Obviously, I don't want to create a third model to recognize both, having all the work to label each animal, so, is there a method to "merge" both models into one?



      I'm asking this question because I want to understand one thing: why ML engineers don't share their models so then we can create aggregated models? For example, if a person A has a model that classifies people and a person B has a model for animals. Why they can't just share their models so then each one will have a more powerful model without needing to re-train everything?



      I'm sorry if this is a too basic question, but I didn't see on Google any clear explanation. Thanks.







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