XGBoost in a Trenchcoat: Researcher Jokes About Releasing a 'Model' Named Stevia
_xjdr · x · 2026-09-19
ML researcher @xjdr joked that he's going to wrap XGBoost plus a multi-armed bandit "in a trenchcoat" and call it stevia — a jab at the trend of rebranding classic methods with flashy new model names.
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