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@masp @javier

Never thought of it like that before. I tend to think of the gaussian distribution as coming out of pascal's triangle and it's almost like an analytic version of binomial distribution or the limit of that.

OK how do you think of the Cauchy Distribution with this format?

@javier

The "fancy coffee table" (1/sqrt(2pi sigma^2)) helps things a little...

@djwfyi

With things like this I like to use "ethics puzzles" I wrote a few and there are more in this thread.

It would be good to ask them to make their own puzzles for each other too.

myrmepropagandist (@futurebird@sauropods.win)

Can you help me brainstorm some thorny "AI Ethics Puzzles" These are little scenarios meant to act as a starting point in discussions about the ethics of AI. I will post some examples in response to this post, but I'd love to find some even more thorny ones. Ideally a puzzle shouldn't have a totally obvious solution when presented to people with a wide range of views. Make up something, or share what you have encountered. #callForHelp #AI #ethics #AIEthics

Sauropods.win (sauropods.win)

I love the gaussian distribution so much but my students get so upset when they see the formula it makes me sad.

It's REALLY not that bad I promise. The stats people just want it to have an area under the curve equal to one. So they decorate it with all of this... stuff... It's useful.

But the essence of what it is? It's just e raised to the negative x squared. Noting to be upset about.

Consider also y=e^{x*x} that one looks like an over enthusiastic parabola.

So, when you take y=e^-{x*x} you get a nice hump, it looks almost like the normal curve already.

In fact, everything else is just about moving it around and making the mean and SD do what you'd expect.

Not bad at all. 2/2

Here's the thing about that formula for the gaussian distribution. It looks scary, right? Look at all those symbols! The first thing is to realize you are just looking at:

y=e^x but changed in a few ways.

Don't worry about the fraction at the front. (1/sqrt(2pi sigma^2)) That is just a constant.

Now y=e^x is the exponential. It increases faster the larger it is. It shoots up to the right and goes to zero to the left.
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gaussian distribution?? more like MOUSEian distribution

And they say "the internet is dead" Here is some entertainment. Highest quality.

@CurtAdams @joyousjoyness

I only made the first version of the page. I was shocked that this breed didn't have one and at first everyone thought I was making it up.

It now has much better sources.

@chrisamaphone

They rethink this when we fail to understand that their appearance on the window one morning was an invitation to the wake for their Great Aunt (an honor for someone who can't even fly) and then we fail to show up to pay respects.

this one was pretty bad. like even for what we typically put up with around here...

Special Detective
Perry Dole E. A. (Expert Attorney)

Always spots the perp, or at least he *thinks* he's seen him.

"got him! ... hold on ... no that's my jacket. OH! No there he is! Wait. Nope. That is just a knot in the wood paneling. I need to be more careful. Ooo! I see him!"

@flipper @vikxin @NanoRaptor

oh... SAME

@joyousjoyness

I made this page for the wikipedia long ago, although it has been revised and improved much since.

Turnspit dog - Wikipedia

(en.wikipedia.org)

@gdinwiddie

Sounds dangerous. But I will keep working.

@vikxin

Amazon will just pretend that they sell anything to get you to click on their site. ANYTHING.

And that means that you probably won't find what you are looking for. You will be misdirected. So, do what I do and block them from your search results. All of the SEO AI generated slop pages have the whole network convinced and art-joke is real. Amazing. Sad.

@timbray

I love the near symmetry of this.

I want to paint it badly, this would make a good watercolor.

@vikxin @NanoRaptor

Amazon is paying for this. LOL. When you click on it it just sadly searches Amazon and shows you normal power strips.

Which is why google search is BS. It will try to sell you something that doesn't exist.

(Love how they kind of imply it has a 4.5 star rating, and they you could get it "Same-Day" ... This is embarrassing. )

If you are serious about a New Year's resolution my mom always said to start it at least the day before New Year's.

It's a down payment.

My resolution is to find a place to submit some of my complete short stories. So. Yeah. I should start researching that. (I was too scared to make one about getting the book done.)

@weirdmustard

NO apologies in the #nonsenseZone