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Re:Not a single car was sold in Shanghai last month by belter on Monday May 16, 2022 @02:14PM (#31401302)
"The pandemic’s true death toll"

https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/coronavirus-excess-...

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Re:Not a single car was sold in Shanghai last month by DiogenesKynikos on Monday May 16, 2022 @02:39PM (#31401607)
I discussed The Economist's model a few comments up in this chain. It's a case of garbage-in, garbage-out.

When a black box ML model spits out a highly surprising answer that contradicts everything that is known, your response should be, "Why should I believe this model?"

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