I worked on a problem for a couple months once. As soon as my professor hit mid-sentence telling me he found someone with the solution, I rudely blurted it out.
My mind was so familiar with all the constraints, all I had to know was that there was a solution and I knew exactly where it had to be.
But before knowing there was a solution I hadn't realized that.
I had a professor in an additive combinatorics class that would (when appropriate) say “hint: it’s easy” and as silly as it is, it usually helped a lot.
You're describing bruteforcing through repetition. The paper is essentially about increasing the chance of success by training model which learns on failure.
That may not apply to a building a viable company directly. It might suggest that new companies should avoid replicating elements of failed companies.
While Bannister’s 4-minute mile record is used as an example of a psychological barrier, there’s also a reinterpretation of the meaning behind his record. Before his 1954 race, the record for the mile stood at just over 4 minutes (4:01.4) for 9 years. While speed records were set during WWII, they were all set by Swedish runners (Sweden being neutral in the war). The record today, which has stood since 1999, is 3:43.13. It's not a round number, so as a result gets less attention. Maybe that's why we don't think of it as a psychological barrier.
That idea feels really relevant to me as a future research direction(not an expert). Could maybe someone explain what I am missing here? Why does this idea not get more attention?!
Is it not new? And if so, could one state why it is not commonly employed?
> The [goal] of machine learning research is to [do better than humans at] theorem proving, algorithmic problem solving, and drug discovery.
Naively, one of those things is not like the others.
When I run into things like this, I just stop reading. My assumption is that a keyword is being thrown in for grant purposes. Who knows what other aspects of reality have been subordinated to politics by the writer.
These have all been stated as goals by various machine learning research efforts. And -- they're actually all examples in which a better search heuristic through an absolutely massive configuration space is helpful.
The most important clue to solving a difficult problem is knowing that somebody else has already solved it.
I worked on a problem for a couple months once. As soon as my professor hit mid-sentence telling me he found someone with the solution, I rudely blurted it out.
My mind was so familiar with all the constraints, all I had to know was that there was a solution and I knew exactly where it had to be.
But before knowing there was a solution I hadn't realized that.
I had a professor in an additive combinatorics class that would (when appropriate) say “hint: it’s easy” and as silly as it is, it usually helped a lot.
Hint as simple as that feels like spoiler sometimes.
The problem is time and resources.
Take building a viable company. You know that many people have solved this. But you also know that 9/10 fail.
So you need the time and the money to try enough times to make it work.
You're describing bruteforcing through repetition. The paper is essentially about increasing the chance of success by training model which learns on failure.
That may not apply to a building a viable company directly. It might suggest that new companies should avoid replicating elements of failed companies.
9/10 vc backed companies fail. Not "companies." Ignore the hype and you'll be more likely to succeed.
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The 4 minute mile comes to mind
While Bannister’s 4-minute mile record is used as an example of a psychological barrier, there’s also a reinterpretation of the meaning behind his record. Before his 1954 race, the record for the mile stood at just over 4 minutes (4:01.4) for 9 years. While speed records were set during WWII, they were all set by Swedish runners (Sweden being neutral in the war). The record today, which has stood since 1999, is 3:43.13. It's not a round number, so as a result gets less attention. Maybe that's why we don't think of it as a psychological barrier.
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That idea feels really relevant to me as a future research direction(not an expert). Could maybe someone explain what I am missing here? Why does this idea not get more attention?! Is it not new? And if so, could one state why it is not commonly employed?
> The [goal] of machine learning research is to [do better than humans at] theorem proving, algorithmic problem solving, and drug discovery.
Naively, one of those things is not like the others.
When I run into things like this, I just stop reading. My assumption is that a keyword is being thrown in for grant purposes. Who knows what other aspects of reality have been subordinated to politics by the writer.
These have all been stated as goals by various machine learning research efforts. And -- they're actually all examples in which a better search heuristic through an absolutely massive configuration space is helpful.
You must not end up reading much scientific literature then.
What's the issue with drug discovery? AI/ML assisted drug discovery is one of the better examples of successful AI utilization out there.
which one do you think is unlike the others?
How does this compare to just reducing the likelihood of negative samples?
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AI post with emdashes removed.
Clearly didn't send the article to the LLM.
Is this related to the article?
qqxufo's recent posts read like a large langle mangle to me
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