Alignment Newsletter #77: Double descent: a unification of statistical theory and modern ML practice

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Alignment Newsletter #77: Double descent: a unification of statistical theory and modern ML practice

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Dec 19, 2019

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Recorded by Robert Miles Original text here More information about the newsletter here

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Dec 19, 2019

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The Alignment Newsletter is a weekly publication with recent content relevant to AI alignment. This podcast is an audio version, recorded by Robert Miles (http://robertskmiles.com) More information about the newsletter at: https://rohinshah.com/alignment-newsletter/

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Alignment Newsletter #77: Double descent: a unification of statistical theory and modern ML practice

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