'Outlier Robust and Sparse Estimation of Linear Regression Coefficients', by Takeyuki Sasai, Hironori Fujisawa.

http://jmlr.org/papers/v26/23-1583.html

#outlier #outliers #robust

A quotation from Banksy

There are no exceptions to the rule that everyone thinks they’re an exception to the rules.

Banksy (b. 1974?) England-based pseudonymous street artist, political activist, film director
Wall and Piece, “Cops” (2005)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/banksy/76852/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #banksy #exception #outlier #reality #rules #specialcase #unique #perspective #humannature

I had to vent this somewhere and what better place than the #fediverse to do so: There are some ai companies that are like king Midas, just that instead of gold, everything they touch converts to 💩; case in point #outlier.ai -> What good is too much AI + *human in the loop*, if they cannot provide a decent UI for the contributors? This and more I could tell, but just to those interested...

#vss365 #outlier #randomwords

Out across dew heavy grass
She floated on the pasture sea
Walking on water
An outlier nyad
Smile liquid
Eyes misty green
I kiss her velvet skin
Softly she dreams
But I'm only a silhouette
A ghost in-between

Not the usual
sunshine in the midst of rain
weather #outlier

#vss365 #haiku #poetry #writing #writingcommunity

I would not be quite the #outlier If politicians weren't such big liars. Intersex and non-binary folks exist. #vss365

“Jen, could you invite Mia out to lunch?” asked Dan.
“Hi, how are you? How’s things?” Jen laughed into her phone. “Of course I could but why?”
“She’s expecting & I don’t think we’re being helpful. But you’ve been through it.”
“Poor Mia. Always the #outlier. Of course.” #vss365

outliers to a
degree - our talents are mud,
soil - that's our kitty

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#vss365 - #outlier
#VssPoem - #degree
#DailyHaikuPrompt - mud
#BlueSkyRelay - #kitty / #ailurophobia
#WritingCommunity #poetry #haiku
#NaHaiWriMo

@dailyhaikuprompt
@worded_art
@vss365
@poetry
@haiku

#journalism #jobs #llm

Meet the journalists training #AI models for #Meta and #OpenAI
The gig work platform #Outlier is one of several companies courting journalists to train large language models (#LLMs).

https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/meet-the-journalists-training-ai-models-for-meta-and-openai/

Scary, if your income depends on training the overlords that will replace you

Um...why is the Outlier conference taking place in Miami again this year?

Wouldn't it be safer to hold it in a place that will be less likely to be hit by a series of storms? Yeah, I know there aren't any perfect alternatives. But aren't there better options?

#DataVis #Outlier

Kanako Yamamoto - 'Reason (Bonobo Rework)' (Official Audio) - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGWHzr2JNkA #Bonobo #KanakoYamamoto #OUTLIER KanakoYamamoto この動画で知ったけどいいな #YouTube #マストドン音楽好き部 #fedibird　

@Newk

I'm always interested in everything. I sometimes talk about those and sometimes about #Matrix and sometimes about #Nostr

And i talk about #Mastodon and #Misskey there too. I just don't see the disconnections.

It's been that way in most of my life too. It was s problem when I was younger because I often came up with analogies people didn't like.

I tend to temper myself now because I realised some time ago most people don't like this #chaos but it gives me an #outlier #perspective.

Peering through data
just don't count the #outlier
that doesn't happen.

#vsspoem #haiku #poetry #writing #WritingCommunity

circled outlier
overlooks the cold hollow
reaching for the stars

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#VssPoem - #outlier
#DailyHaikuPrompt - cold
#vss365 - #hollow
#Writing #poetry #haiku

@worded_art
@dailyhaikuprompt
@poetry

Law of averages:
you don't count the #outlier
bell curve is still smooth.

#vsspoem #haiku #poetry #writing #WritingCommunity

You're familiar with the AI "Prompt Engineering" agencies which have exploded over the last year or so, right? the #RLHF bit of the equation.

What is your expectation on the outcome of audits and suits against them for "promising" gig work when none is available?

#gigwork
#promptengineering
#dataannotation #outlier #alignerr #labelbox #pareto #g2i #remotetasks

grapes on vines abound
garden aglow with colour
outlier haven

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#DailyHaikuPrompt - grapes
#vss365 - #aglow
#VssPoem - #outlier
#WritingCommunity #poetry #haiku

@dailyhaikuprompt
@worded_art
@poetry

The Sink, Outlier, Halfway There, In Passing at the Dom

https://ottawa.askapunk.net/event/the-sink-outlier-halfway-there-in-passing-at-the-dom

New theme park manager Mars Attracts is the oddest bit of IP necromancy I’ve seen in quite some time - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/new-theme-park-manager-mars-attracts-is-the-oddest-bit-of-ip-necromancy-ive-seen-in-quite-some-time #Strategy:Builder #MarsAttracts #Indiescovery #Simulation #Outlier #PC

@sjvn

As a #volunteer #HighSchool #ComputerScience #teacher, I know that some #students will #cheat. Students cheat for different reasons. Some think it's easier to cheat than to study. Some think that they are not capable of understanding the material and simply want to get that semester over without failing. #AI can only find the cheaters it knows how to look for, which means it can't catch everyone. AI would probably not have caught the #chess #grandmaster with the vibrating butt plug.

What I tell my students is that I can't prevent them from trying to cheat. Instead, I tell them that if they don't understand the #code they're grabbing off the #internet, they won't be able to tell whether it actually works. And if it doesn't work, they won't know how to fix it. Also, if you're caught cheating at work, you may lose more than your job. You may lose any assets you have.
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Cheating happened in my #HighSchool, and I was one of the offenders. My reason for giving answers to my classmates in #Latin was that we were graded on the #curve and I didn't want to be an #outlier
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I had learned about outliers in #MiddleSchool (or #JuniorHigh) when our health class studied for and took the #RedCross #FirstAid #certification

The highest possible score was 125 or thereabouts. I had scored 115 and the next highest was 92. Our teacher showed the difference between including and excluding my score (she didn't name me) and explained that it was fairer to more students to exclude outliers and give them an A or an F as appropriate.