Comment by yzmtf2008

I was once traveling back from Italy after attending PKDD conference. I was really sick and had a really bad headache, so the following exchange really scared me:

    "Why did you go to Italy?"
    - To attend a conference.
    "Which conference did you attend?"
    - European Conference on Machine Learning
    "Machine Learning? (smile) How do you learn from machines?"

I forgot the exact answer I gave, but I was pretty afraid that he had a Wikipedia page on "Learning from Machines" and would not let me pass if I failed.