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Machine learning

the argument that gains from sophisticated classifiers over simple ones are often small and lost to real-world issues such as population drift and label error.

In machine learning, illusion of progress refers to the argument that gains from sophisticated classifiers over simple ones are often small and lost to real-world issues such as population drift and label error. This meaning comes from Hand (2006) in Statistical Science.[1]

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References

Hand, D. J. (2006). Classifier Technology and the Illusion of Progress. Statistical Science, 21(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1214/088342306000000060

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