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0 pointsheavyset_go3y ago0 comments

I've been saying AI is computational statistics on steroids for a while, and I think that's an apt generalization of what ML is.

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OJFord3y ago

That oughtn't be controversial, in fact I wouldn't even bother with 'on steroids', implying it's a slightly different/morphed thing. The way I learnt it (very slightly, at university, not a particular focus) it was abundantly clear it was just stats.

heavyset_goOP3y ago

I bring the steroids thing up because it's only relatively recently that we've had the massive computing power at our finger tips that we do now. We discovered the foundations of our current ML techniques a relatively long time ago, it's only been recently that we've been able to throw data centers full of powerful GPUs and whatnot at them.

BenjiWiebe3y ago

If it's just statistics, wouldn't that mean you wouldn't get verbatim output? i.e. you'd throw away all high frequency content?

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OJFord3y ago

heavyset_goOP3y ago

BenjiWiebe3y ago

If it's just statistics, wouldn't that mean you wouldn't get verbatim output? i.e. you'd throw away all high frequency content?

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