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Haunting is overfitting data to a pattern (ghost) that can explain everything. The benefit is less thought about things that don’t matter, but missing out on le
by simple-thoughts 4y ago
Haunting is overfitting data to a pattern (ghost) that can explain everything. The benefit is less thought about things that don’t matter, but missing out on learning something useful is the disadvantage.
- erulabs 4y agoOverfitting seems pretty great for survival - who cares if one in 100 canines is friendly - much safer to avoid them! Humans seem to be unique in that we occasionally second guess our overfit models. And in the case of avoiding dangerous animals, the result couldn’t have been more wonderful: Dogs! Confronting and undoing a casually overfit mental model is harder the more subtle and useful they are - but those are the bits that hide the great secrets of the universe!
- marcosdumay 4y ago> who cares if one in 100 canines is friendly - much safer to avoid them! Hum... That's really not overfitting. In fact, that's the opposite of it, an incomplete model.