math – Neurabites

Muffin or Chihuahua: Confusion Matrix and the Base Rate Fallacy

on January 15, 2021February 3, 2021 By daesol

Muffin or chihuahua? Poodle or fried chicken? Puppy or bagel? Shar-pei or towel? Sheepdog or mop? Shar-pei or croissant? Dog or teddy bear? Damn cute right? You may have come across these images if you work in the AI field - especially in computer vision. They're a fun way of testing how accurate an AI [...]

Ergodicity: the Most Over-Looked Assumption

on May 20, 2020January 5, 2022 By daesol

Consider two ways of making purple. Method 1: Alternate red and blue squares. With enough squares, purple emerges. Method 2: Make square alternate between red and blue. With short enough time intervals, purple emerges. First method made changes in the space (ensemble) dimension. Second method made changes in the time (temporal) dimension. Both converged to [...]