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Complex deep learning models are no better at understanding genetic perturbation than simple baseline ones, study finds (phys.org)
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[–] ThoGot@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago

I mean that's probably true for many applications and why you should use the simplest statistical model possible as not to introduce unnecessary errors or bias (in the classical sense, not the machine learning sense)