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When is going to be a time when everybody understands that these algorithms are statistical and quite often wrong? It is always a surprise to me when I talk to
by StreamBright 6y ago
When is going to be a time when everybody understands that these algorithms are statistical and quite often wrong? It is always a surprise to me when I talk to somebody who does not understand neural nets or current state of ML algos and explain that it is just statistics and you cannot expect these systems to be 100% correct ever.
- crooked-v 6y agoThe problem comes in the expectations set based on other industries, where correctness actually matters both ethically and in terms of legal liability. The corresponding XKCD comic: https://xkcd.com/2030/ https://xkcd.com/2030/
- _underfl0w_ 6y agoYou might be surprised if you ever worked in B2B or B2C sales. It's not uncommon to apply a "spin" to effectively set unreasonable expectation for your client, whether they be an average joe or a law enforcement agency. Not ethical, but also not exactly uncommon.
- fmajid 6y agoAnd most people don’t understand Bayes’ rule and the impact of false positives.