99.9% Accuracy Without Transparency Is Overfitting, Not an Edge
AryHHAry · x · 2026-09-08
The author mocks claims like "our AI achieved 99.9% accuracy," arguing that without stating which dataset, who built it, its distribution, how many hyperparameter tuning runs, confidence intervals, or adversarial testing, such a number signals overfitting rather than superiority—though it works great on investor slides for people who've never read a single ML paper.
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