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If they are building an algorithm which overfits to training data, their algorithm will lose performance on in the actual validation test. It is NOT like looki
by squigs25 11y ago
If they are building an algorithm which overfits to training data, their algorithm will lose performance on in the actual validation test.
It is NOT like looking at leaked answers. It's like re-reading the textbook more than everyone else. Definitely an unfair advantage however.
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- varelse 11y agoYou misunderstand. They're using repeated attempts on the test set to improve their network. That is equivalent to training on the test set and that is unequivocably cheating.