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Actually, she's not an actor in the (short) film in question, she is the director as stated in TFA. The ML technique is applied to achieve a specific effect the
by semi-extrinsic 10y ago
Actually, she's not an actor in the (short) film in question, she is the director as stated in TFA. The ML technique is applied to achieve a specific effect the director wanted to achieve.
Did she submit PRs to TensorFlow? Probably not. Did she contribute to the paper? Most definitely, I think we can even go so far as to say it's plausible she fulfills the Vancouver criteria:
Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or (..)
AND
Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content;
AND
Final approval of the version to be published;
AND
Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work
Assuming she at some point revised the paper critically for content, which is plausible, there is no denying she's on the author list.
- IshKebab 10y agoIt is plausible that she had some input to the paper beyond requesting the work, and artistic feedback. But it's definitely more likely that she didn't.
- wetmore 10y ago>But it's definitely more likely that she didn't. Why is it "definitely more likely"?
- ecopoesis 10y agoDuh. She's a girl and everyone knows girls can't program. </sarcasm>
- eric_the_read 10y agoPerhaps more charitably, because she has no known history of having done so, and her talents in the acting profession are not generally considered directly transferable.
- IshKebab 10y agoThe vast majority of programmers are men, and acting and AI research are pretty polar opposite activities. Most actors/actresses aren't tech geeks. I guess I'll get downvoted for this too because it sounds anti-women or something, but it is the unfortunate truth.
- yazaddaruvala 10y agoWould it be safe to say your opinion of Steve Jobs is similar? It is plausible that Steve Jobs had some input to the iPod beyond requesting the work, and artistic feedback. But it's definitely more likely that he didn't.
- semi-extrinsic 10y agoThe point was that there is no requirement beyond conceiving of the work and intellectual (not just spelling and grammar) feedback for her to be considered a coauthor. It's not very different from a professor having a idea, giving it to a grad student to implement, run and write the paper, and then the professor gives feedback on the paper before submitting.
- wolf550e 10y agoYour professor can fully understand your work, could have done it herself if she had the time, and can fully check your work for any flaws or limitations. Your non-technical manager cannot fully understand your work, do it herself or check it. If "Substantial contributions to the conception ... of the work" is enough to be a co-author, she should be a co-author. But that means that if Pointy-Haired-Boss tells Dilbert to "make the Skype call to Mars less laggy" and Dilbert invents FTL communication, PHB gets to be co-author of the paper (and resulting Nobel prize?). That seems too generous to PHB.