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How would that work? If Numerai already has insider information, why not just use it directly? Why go to the bother (and risk) of anonymizing and distributing i
by usefulcat 10y ago
How would that work? If Numerai already has insider information, why not just use it directly? Why go to the bother (and risk) of anonymizing and distributing it?
- sanswork 10y agoPlausible deniability.
- mrich 10y agoThere would be none if they were aware the information they hand out contains insider info.
- ForHackernews 10y agoHow would you prove it? It's just an anonymous list of features to train a model.
- ubernostrum 10y agoAs someone else suggested, think of it like parallel construction in law enforcement: an agency already knows someone is guilty, but they know it from illegal surveillance they can't use in court. So they give a tip to an unsuspecting officer to watch out for a car with a broken tail light at a particular location/time, and in the course of the traffic stop the officer finds drugs in the car, then they claim that's how they found out (despite the officer only being there because they already knew).