Tag: like
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Lost and Feel Like a Fraud
Lost and Feel Like a Fraud This might not be the appropriate place to say this, but I honestly feel like the biggest fraud ever. If I could go back, I don’t think I would have went into data science. I did my undergraduate in biology, and then did a masters in data science. I’ve…
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Thompson Sampling-like Algorithms for Stochastic Rising Bandits
Thompson Sampling-like Algorithms for Stochastic Rising Bandits arXiv:2505.12092v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Stochastic rising rested bandit (SRRB) is a setting where the arms’ expected rewards increase as they are pulled. It models scenarios in which the performances of the different options grow as an effect of an underlying learning process (e.g., online model selection). Even…
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Fighting Fraud Fairly: Upgrade Your AI Toolkit
Fighting Fraud Fairly: Upgrade Your AI Toolkit A practical approach to address bias in AI systems Photo by the author As sophisticated AI systems are increasingly used in decision-making, ensuring fairness has become a priority, with a growing need to prevent algorithms from disproportionately affecting vulnerable groups in sensitive areas like the justice or educational system. One…
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When Averages Lie: Moving Beyond Single-Point Predictions
When Averages Lie: Moving Beyond Single-Point Predictions The Case for Predicting Full Probability Distributions in Decision-Making Some people like hot coffee, some people like iced coffee, but no one likes lukewarm coffee. Yet, a simple model trained on coffee temperatures might predict that the next coffee served should be… lukewarm. This illustrates a fundamental problem…