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> Why do you think similar approaches never landed on jax? Isn't this just adding noise to some branching conditions? What would take for a framework like Jax
by radarsat1 2y ago
> Why do you think similar approaches never landed on jax?
Isn't this just adding noise to some branching conditions? What would take for a framework like Jax to "support" it, it seems like all you have to do is change
> if (x>0)
to
> if (x+n > 0)
where n is a sampled Gaussian.
Not sure this warrants any kind of changes in a framework if it's truly that trivial.
- tomsmeding 2y agoSemantically it seems truly that trivial, but in practice handling expectations in AD requires some additional machinery not found in implementations that were not written for nondeterminism.