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What I Read: Machine learning is just statistics + quantifier reversal

By Andrew Fairless on November 18, 2021November 16, 2021

https://jeremybernste.in/writing/ml-is-just-statistics Machine learning is just statistics + quantifier reversaljeremybernsteLos Angeles, 21 Oct 2021 “But in machine learning there’s a switcheroo—we select the sample of data first, and then we useContinue readingWhat I Read: Machine learning is just statistics + quantifier reversal

What I Read: Machine learning is not nonparametric statistics

By Andrew Fairless on October 20, 2021October 16, 2021

https://www.argmin.net/2021/10/13/prediction/ Machine learning is not nonparametric statistics.Ben RechtOct 13, 2021 “…I’ve been told by respected statisticians that machine learning is nothing more than nonparametric statistics. The longer I work inContinue readingWhat I Read: Machine learning is not nonparametric statistics

What I Read: Dissecting “Noise”

By Andrew Fairless on September 21, 2021September 4, 2021

https://www.lareviewofbooks.org/article/dissecting-noise/ Dissecting “Noise”By Vasant DharAUGUST 9, 2021 “WHAT IS NOISE? If two felons receive sentences of three years and seven years when they should both be sentenced to five, theContinue readingWhat I Read: Dissecting “Noise”

What I Read: Mental Shortcuts Physician Errors

By Andrew Fairless on December 13, 2020December 1, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/upshot/mental-shortcuts-medical-errors.html How Common Mental Shortcuts Can Cause Major Physician ErrorsTendencies like left-digit bias can have life-altering consequences for patients.By Anupam B. Jena and Andrew R. OlenskiFeb. 20, 2020 “But aContinue readingWhat I Read: Mental Shortcuts Physician Errors

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