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This is a good example of hacker writing in 10 paragraphs the sort of thing that has often been diluted into a 250-page business book.
by shimon 17y ago
This is a good example of hacker writing in 10 paragraphs the sort of thing that has often been diluted into a 250-page business book.
- endtime 17y agoIt's also a good example of someone taking 10 paragraphs to say "don't overfit"...which might be a bit terse for non-AI people, but the article still feels long-winded.
- vicaya 17y agoYeah. "Overfit" is more of a ML concept than AI concept though. Many ML people don't believe in AI at all.
- endtime 17y agoI didn't mean Spielberg AI...rather, AI as the umbrella term for things like ML, vision, heuristic search, some parts of robotics, etc. But yes, more specifically, it's a ML term.
- jlefo7p6 17y agoThe amazing thing is that there is a lot of repetition even at 10 paragraphs. Some of the other comments here sum it up in twitter-sized chunks. The missing piece is how to identify over-specialization, and it's missing because it can't be usefully generalized.
- Alex3917 17y ago"The missing piece is how to identify over-specialization, and it's missing because it can't be usefully generalized." If you read the literature on selective breeding they have extensive methodologies for avoiding genetic problems. If you just want a quick overview, Temple Grandin's book "Animals in Translation" has a couple of really entertaining chapters on the subject.
- jlefo7p6 17y agoThat book looks hugely interesting--thanks for the recommendation! We've been using biological metaphors in this discussion, but I'm not sure we can extend them this far.
- stcredzero 17y agoDidn't Andy Grove say something like this? However he couched it in terms of paranoia.
- propane 17y agoI can condense it down into one sentence: If you're not careful you will specialize yourself into a corner.