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by hyperbovine 775 days ago
Had a bit of a chuckle at the very-2024 definition of the Stein shrinkage estimator:

\hat{mu} = ReLU(…)

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Ditto.

I think that ship has sailed, but I think it's unfortunate that "ReLU(x)" became a popular notation for "max(0,x)". And using the name "rectified linear unit" for basically "positive part" seems like a parody, like insisting on calling water "dihydrogen monoxide".

It hasn't "sailed" as long as they want to communicate with non-machine-learning people.