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Regression to the Mean: on LLMs and the quiet death of the new

https://rruxandra.github.io/regression-to-the-mean.html

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48804219

#HackerNews #RegressionToTheMean #LLMs #DataScience #Technology #Trends #QuietDeath

Further proof that #LLMs are the embodiment of #RegressionToTheMean. Whether you try to build a good #AI or bad one, you inevitably end up with a mediocre one. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/23/grok-ai-elon-musk-x-woke-bias/

As Tennessee works towards restoring lynching & firing squads- ostensibly in cases of teachers/doctors who #respect #truth, #reality, #facts, & #history

“America is the first country to have gone from barbarism to decadence without the usual intervening period of civilization.”
- Oscar Wilde

Cartoon: Clay Jones/Claytoonz
#GQP #TrumpVirus #RegressionToTheMean #lynching #racism #retrogrades #barbarism #hate #TN #schools #education #humanity #priorities

@Chronotope Also heavily at play here in their decentralization of control is regression toward the mean (Galton, 1886) by spreading out buying decisions over a more diverse group which is more likely to reflect the buying population than one or two corporate buyers whose individual bad decisions can destroy a company.

#auteur-theory #barnes-noble #business-models #francis-galton #human-resources #regression-to-the-mean

https://boffosocko.com/2023/01/01/55813314/