Notices by Koantig (koantig@mamot.fr)

@mathowie
from 2021:
> (...) Our study introduces the concept of tortured phrases: unexpected weird phrases in lieu of established ones, such as ‘counterfeit consciousness’ instead of ‘artificial intelligence.’

Examples:
Colossal information -> Big data
Counterfeit consciousness -> Artificial intelligence
Flag to commotion -> Signal to noise

https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.06751
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02134-0

I finally have a good guess as to why so many people on Mastodon post screenshots instead of links: they have been *trained* to do so by the big platforms, which have been at war with hyperlinks for years!
So what we're seeing is actually not a Mastodon or Fediverse thing, but rather a clash of internet cultures, with people coming from twitter etc. following their usual practices *vs* a population more accustomed to the open web, where hyperlinks and direct sources are the norm.

@aral

"He’s the human equivalent of a cup of tea made from the hot tap."

Credits to: https://topspicy.social/@guffo/111794413297327189

@aral
"To paraphrase provocatively, 'machine learning is statistics minus any checking of models and assumptions'."
-- Brian D. Ripley (about the difference between machine learning and statistics)
useR! 2004, Vienna (May 2004)