Re:Twitter meets TensorFlow
by ericd on Friday June 15, 2018 @01:19AM
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ML is like a genie in that it is very good at optimizing exactly what you tell it to, and so you need to think long and hard about what you're telling it to optimize, because it might turn out to be bad proxy for what you really wanted.
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Re:Twitter meets TensorFlow
by malcolmgreaves on Friday June 15, 2018 @03:05AM
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This is a super insightful analogy! Thank you.
Re:Twitter meets TensorFlow
by recharged93 on Friday June 15, 2018 @11:56PM
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+1
ML requires you know exactly what you want. And not what you need...
If you're not exact, disaster is imminent. Uber accident comes to mind.
Yes, rolling stones reference too.