Comment by einpoklum
1 month ago
No, that is patently false. Many optimization algorithms which computer scientists, mathematicians or software developers devise do not involve benchmakrs at all, and apply to all possible inputs/instances of their respective computational problems.
Plot twist: the loss function for training is basically a benchmark
Is it a plot twist if it’s the whole plot?
Example?
Those times when people write code with loads of theoretical micro optimisations that they never actually test against a benchmark because otherwise they wouldn't do it.
Perhaps “example” means different things in different cultures.
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