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by backprojection 4622 days ago
> It's not meant for differentiating a function known only by its points. It's meant for evaluating nth-order derivatives of functions you can already evaluate at arbitrary values

This is correct. So my comment "I think generally a better approach to AD is to redefine your differentiation", doesn't really apply to AD. Essentially, AD is about differentiating functions, not data.