Out of the Blue [Sep 27, 2023, 11:58 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
In an exciting turn of events, I'm pretty sure I've tracked down the weird USB
reset glitch that was a remaining gremlin after I cleared up my RAM issue. There
is little bit of drama still unfolding as part of this solution, so I'll save
the full story for when that's resolved, but in the meantime I wanted to share
my happiness that this is being worked out.
Excited Round-up
Thanks Ant and Neutronbeam.Stories
- Sheep with a serious case of the munchies snuck into a greenhouse in Greece.
- Airlines Are Just Banks Now (may require registration or subscription). Thanks Slashdot.
Science
- New AI algorithm can detect signs of life with 90% accuracy. Scientists want to send it to Mars. Thanks A.C.M.
- Drug that mimics exercise triggers weight loss and builds lean muscle. Thanks Max.
Media
- STAR WARS 1923. Thanks VideoSift.
Creature Features
Follow-ups
ZandarKoad wrote on Sep 28, 2023, 00:00:
90% Accuracy could be completely abysmal. Accuracy is a terrible metric for evaluating the performance of any AI or ML system. Precision and recall are better, and if two numbers is too much for you, the F1 score is much more meaningful. And quite popular. Personally, I prefer the Matthews Correlation Coefficient (MCC) as it incorporates all four confusion matrix categories (TP, TN, FP, FN). For incredibly important or expensive applications (like space travel), you'll probably want to work out a Area Under the Curve (AUC) for a Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC).
But 90% accuracy sure sounds nice in an article.
Yeah 90% accuracy is misleading. It's like predicting rain with 90% accuracy (though to be fair, meteorologists have gotten a bit better at it). Also, what exactly constitutes "life". I mean, we only know the one type we have encountered so far, I.E. all life on Earth but what if there are other "types" of life out there. No way is an AI advanced enough to detect that shit. I mean we don't even understand the ufo phenomenon, I mean what if that is indicative of another "type" of life, one that is so different from us as to be almost incomprehensible (and unbelievable)?
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