Comment by simonw
4 days ago
"You also can't possibly truly know if you know more about a topic since by definition the models know more than you"
Where does that idea that "by definition the models know more than you" come from?
4 days ago
"You also can't possibly truly know if you know more about a topic since by definition the models know more than you"
Where does that idea that "by definition the models know more than you" come from?
It's a good question because I also hastily wrote that. You'll come to defer to the model on average when it comes to otherwise coin flip judgements you have make when you yourself are unsure. The model may not have any more information but you don't have any indication that it wouldn't and even suspect that it secretly does and this bias makes you trust the model and accept things that are ultimately bad in possibly ways that you'll not discover for a very long time because it is deep within a specific context.