> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://fall2019.fullstackdeeplearning.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://fall2019.fullstackdeeplearning.com/course-content/setting-up-machine-learning-projects/archetypes.md).

# Archetypes

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Archetypes - ML Projects
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* Archetype 1 - Projects that **improve an existing process**: improving route optimization in a ride-sharing service, building a customized churn prevention model, building a better video game AI.
* Archetype 2 - Projects that **augment a manual process**: turning mockup designs into application UI, building a sentence auto-completion feature, helping a doctor to do his/her job more efficient.
* Archetype 3 - Projects that **automate a manual process**: developing autonomous vehicles, automating customer service, automating website design.
* **Data flywheels** is a concept saying that more users lead to more data, more data lead to better models, and better models lead to more users.