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Re:Launch HN: Hamming (YC S24) – Automated Testing for Voice... by neilk on Thursday August 15, 2024 @01:30PM (#41258435)
Why “Hamming”? As in Richard Hamming, ex-Bell Labs, “You and Your Research”?
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Re:Launch HN: Hamming (YC S24) – Automated Testing for Voice... by sumanyusharma on Thursday August 15, 2024 @02:02PM (#41258744)
Yup, we named it after Richard Hamming. His essay 'you and your research' was deeply influential during my undergrad; I re-read it every quarter.

Our current product draws inspiration from Hamming distance because we're comparing the `distance` between current LLM output vs. desired LLM output.

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