What does this "pro" mean in "on the pro side"? Hi, guys I am learning a MOOC about AI, in this sentence: "neural networks provide some exciting results, however, they do come with some challenges. S

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What does this "pro" mean in "on the pro side"? Hi, guys I am learning a MOOC about AI, in this sentence: "neural networks provide some exciting results, however, they do come with some challenges. So, on the pro side, they really enable you to represent this non-linear complex features and they have impressive results" what does the "pro" mean?dose it mean "professional"?

Apr 22, 2016 2:58 AM

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This "Pro" means good or beneficial. It comes from the expression "Pros and cons." This comes from Latin. In Latin “pros and cons” is a shortening of “pro et contra”, which means “for and against”.

April 22, 2016

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