Mathematicians Protest Bad Algorithms

SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES REPEAL POWER LAWS END DUALITY GAP BAYESIANS AGAINST DISCRIMINATION FREE VARIABLES BAN GENETIC ALGORITHMS

A group of people pose outdoors holding parody protest signs demanding support for vector machines, free variables, and an end to mathematical concepts like the duality gap and genetic algorithms. The joke treats machine-learning and optimization terminology as political causes, turning technical frustrations into an absurd demonstration. It is used as a reaction to overly academic humor or algorithmic problems. EN: A group of people pose outdoors holding parody protest signs demanding support for vector machines, free variables, and an end to mathematical concepts like the duality gap and genetic algorithms. The joke treats machine-learning and optimization terminology as political causes, turning technical frustrations into an absurd demonstration. It is used as a reaction to overly academic humor or algorithmic problems.

• @profunctor_io / 1845 2019-04-02