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Re:Taste Is All That's Left by hunterpayne on Friday August 07, 2026 @02:59PM (#49214869)
All ML classifiers (and algorithms) have a non-zero false positive rate. Having an error rate is baked into every ML classifier and algorithm. And its always non-zero in practice. In fact, hitting every test in some sort of test suite is likely a sign of a less accurate classifier, not a more accurate one.
Re:Taste Is All That's Left by iainctduncan on Monday August 10, 2026 @12:31PM (#49245982)
Well no shit, but that doesn't mean you just trust them just because they say it works. The cost of a false accusation can be very high.