"Local minima are rare in high dimensions" goes viral in AI circles

AI researcher tszzl's claim that "local minima are rare in high-dimensional spaces" went viral as an uplifting take, since saddle points vastly outnumber true local minima in deep learning optimization. Commentators extended the math insight into life advice about changing perspectives when stuck.

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