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I had Gemini train its own replacement for $9

88 points · 43 comments · p-s-v

  1. bguberfain · · focus · HN ↗
    Isn't it just learning to map specific words, from the "knife world", to the correct class? If so, a simple dictionary would fit. What I think is a better way to validate is to split train/validation by words used presented in NER classes (like, it should be able to find new brands never seen before). It is a interesting problem.
    1. itsalwaysgood · · focus · HN ↗
      That's a key piece of the article. He 'trusts' Gemini to classify the posts, and never hand validates anything.

      And he continues building on top of that shakey trust. Is this a good idea?

      It just depends on what you're doing: sounds like he's just having fun with a hobby, so it's harmless.

      All he's really done is work more efficiently to save token cost and time. But he hasn't validated anything, so there's no telling if he's wasting time or not. It's a hobby though....

    2. p-s-v · · focus · HN ↗
      It wasn’t as simple as just mapping brands… for one I don’t have a complete dictionary of all the brands that could be mention.

      Other problems are:

      Brand names that match common English words, brand names that are also item models used by another brand… etc

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