BERT Index and Annoyance Index

BERT index - measures how long a person working in NLP could go without mentioning BERT once BERT annoyance index - measures how many times one could mention BERT without people around them going to explode violently

Two-panel meme featuring Bert from Sesame Street. The first panel defines the “BERT index” as how long an NLP worker can avoid mentioning BERT, while the second defines the “BERT annoyance index” as how often they can mention it before everyone nearby explodes. It jokes about the ubiquity of BERT discussions in natural language processing and how repetitive references can annoy colleagues.

• @profunctor_io / 4706 2020-06-03