François Fleuret nicknames his training curves; researchers admit they curse baselines too
giffmana · x · 2026-09-20
François Fleuret shared a chart of training curves with anthropomorphized nicknames: red is his model, orange is his model with a small trick, blue is "the big idiot" baseline, black is the best so far, and green is a "pretentious baseline that should be careful."
The author of this post jokes in reply that they also call their baselines "big idiot," a relatable bit of research-culture humor about the love-hate relationship with baselines.
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