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Not exactly circles, but famously: With four parameters I can fit an elephant, and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/
by DrNosferatu 2y ago
Not exactly circles, but famously:
With four parameters I can fit an elephant, and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann%27s_elephant https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann%27s_elephant
- WorkerBee28474 2y agoRelated: 'A meeting with Enrico Fermi' https://www.nature.com/articles/427297a https://www.nature.com/articles/427297a
- kbelder 2y ago"and with 20 billion I can make it hold a conversation."
- kazinator 2y agoBravo! HN Gold.
- NitpickLawyer 2y agoTo paraphrase that quote about hydrogen: Give gradient descent a few billion parameters, and it starts wondering where it came from and what does it all mean.
- KolibriFly 2y agoFeels like the mathematical version of "just because you can doesn't mean you should."
- rob74 2y agoLooks more like an amoeba to me...
- ftigis 2y agoHow about this version? https://levenspiel.com/elephants/ https://levenspiel.com/elephants/ Can't find the source though