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0 pointsjanalsncm11mo ago0 comments

That was a bad and unnecessary feature but the privacy benefits of running a model on device rather than in the cloud are undeniable.

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bitpush11mo ago

The fact that they shipped it shows they don't know what they were doing, private or not.

janalsncmOP11mo ago

That’s a little unfair imo. Statistical models make mistakes and have failure modes which are difficult to predict.

When the bug popped up, turning the feature off was easier than retraining and redeploying.

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bitpush11mo ago

The fact that they shipped it shows they don't know what they were doing, private or not.

janalsncmOP11mo ago

That’s a little unfair imo. Statistical models make mistakes and have failure modes which are difficult to predict.

When the bug popped up, turning the feature off was easier than retraining and redeploying.

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