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by version_five 1839 days ago
> I'm not sure what you mean by "that doesn't work in practice" re: using logits.

I suspect they mean they ML models are usually poorly calibrated and that the softmax-over-logits probabilities generally don't reflect actually error rates, so they're tough to use meaningfully for asking people to repeat themselves.

Personally, if I have to deal with an automated order system, I'd rather some kind of search tree that let's me traverse it using three (left, right, back) well separated noises and a "dumb" back-end instead of having to pretend a ML system and I are having the meeting of the minds that a voice based discussion implies.

I understand that such a system would be hard or impossible to train lay-people to use, but it would be nice to have a "cut the crap" option to let people interface more effectively with the order system and not take part in the charade of a "discussion"