RyanCarey comments on Using machine learning to predict romantic compatibility: empirical results - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RyanCarey 18 December 2014 12:26:29AM 0 points [-]

It's important to be clear that you're predicting who an individual will like using information about who else they liked. If you had a brand new user, predictive power would fall.

Comment author: JonahSinick 18 December 2014 04:25:03AM 0 points [-]

Where would be a good place to emphasize this?

Comment author: RyanCarey 18 December 2014 05:52:50AM *  0 points [-]

Whenever you get to talking about the performance of the algorithm, especially in the context of your leave one out analysis. The consequences of leaving out one date might differ from the consequences of leaving out one individual.