KL Zero: KL divergence intuition game

Posted by psarna on Saturday May 30, 2026 @11:04AM
from the klzero.sarna.dev dept.

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Re:KL Zero: KL divergence intuition game by ViscountPenguin on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @12:04AM (#48365897)

The x axis is unlabelled, there's literally no way to know if you're close to the correct probability mass.

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Re:KL Zero: KL divergence intuition game by mikewarot on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @12:06AM (#48365916)

It's probably a fascinating game, but I have no idea what I'm doing.

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Re:KL Zero: KL divergence intuition game by krackers on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @12:38AM (#48366130)

I wish it would show what a "correct" solution would look like?

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Re:KL Zero: KL divergence intuition game by irjustin on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @12:52AM (#48366211)

Agreed, I got 91 pts tho... so there's that.

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Re:KL Zero: KL divergence intuition game by campital on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @12:33AM (#48366099)

You should add a Wasserstein distance mode.

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Re:KL Zero: KL divergence intuition game by ernsheong on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @12:38AM (#48366129)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia? (fondly known as KL)

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Re:KL Zero: KL divergence intuition game by supriyo-biswas on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @01:21AM (#48366374)

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Re:KL Zero: KL divergence intuition game by supriyo-biswas on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @01:24AM (#48366389)

This game should just give us a pen tool to draw the line instead of whatever that drawing tool is.

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