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by tomaskafka 3324 days ago
A rarely discussed danger of all machine learning models: If they don't know the answer, they'll rather make something up.

Here's a Google Translate example: https://twitter.com/keff85/status/862690920805916672

I wouldn't like to lose a part of parcel in a lawsuit because an adaptive algorithm made up some details in aerial photograph so that it compresses better ...