When Ai Tries to Make Sense of Nonsense: Why 'overinterpretation' Is a Problem for Machine Learning
One issue with AIs is that they can overinterpret the data and make confident prediction based on details that don't make sense to humans.
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When Ai Tries to Make Sense of Nonsense: Why 'overinterpretation' Is a Problem for Machine Learning
One issue with AIs is that they can overinterpret the data and make confident prediction based on details that don't make sense to humans.
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