Ex-Meta researcher gives nicknames to training curves, delighting AI community

Former Meta researcher and PyTorch contributor François Fleuret humorously nicknamed training curves in a comparison chart, calling his own model "my good child" and a baseline "the big idiot." The post resonated widely with researchers who admit they curse their baselines too.

2026-09-19 ~ 2026-09-20 · 2 related posts

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