Probabilistic Neighborhood Components Analysis (PNCA)

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Cats Cured of Covid: Why some deep learning models thought cats had Covid
Probabilistic Neighborhood Components Analysis (PNCA)

Cats Cured of Covid: Why some deep learning models thought cats had Covid

Neural networks are famously bad at interpreting input that falls outside the training set’s distribution, so it’s not surprising that some models are certain that cat pictures show symptoms of Covid-19. A new approach won’t mistakenly condemn your feline to a quarantine.

August 5, 20202 min read
Cats Cured of Covid: Why some deep learning models thought cats had Covid
Probabilistic Neighborhood Components Analysis (PNCA)

Cats Cured of Covid: Why some deep learning models thought cats had Covid

Neural networks are famously bad at interpreting input that falls outside the training set’s distribution, so it’s not surprising that some models are certain that cat pictures show symptoms of Covid-19. A new approach won’t mistakenly condemn your feline to a quarantine.

August 5, 20202 min read

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