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I see it differently. It's not prediction based on anything statistical but based on one's understanding. I've made it a habit to ask myself what I expect the
by ohwellhere 4y ago
I see it differently. It's not prediction based on anything statistical but based on one's understanding.
I've made it a habit to ask myself what I expect the output to be for any programming operation, and why. It forces me to gain clarity into my mental model of what's happening, and it immediately highlights deficiencies in my model when it's proven wrong.
I ask the same of others when I pair program with juniors or interviewees. I find super useful all around.
- mooneater 4y ago> not prediction based on anything statistical but based on one's understanding It is still statistical. You still want to predict a distribution over expected next token. However, the function needed to estimate the likely next tokens are not simple max over enumerated next tokens like in a language model. It's more like a transition model in reinforcement learning.
- NateEag 4y ago> It is still statistical. You still want to predict a distribution over expected next token. The fact that a process can be described statistically does not make the process itself statistical.
- DeathArrow 4y agoWith the current craze of neural networks people would like to think that anything that happens in the Universe is statistical. But it's really not.
- passion__desire 4y agoQuantum mechanics is probablistic. But the probabilities are deterministic.