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4 claims from 3 papers

1. Materials Science › Machine Learning in Materials Science

   A critical examination of robustness and generalizability of machine learning prediction of materials properties

   Li, DeCost, Choudhary, Greenwood and Hattrick-Simpers · npj Computational Materials · 2023

   Machine learning models trained on the 2018 Materials Project data predict new 2021 compounds much worse, and the paper links this to data shift and shows simple tools to foresee and reduce it.

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   1. UncheckedThe paper attributes the drop in prediction accuracy on newer materials data to a distribution shift between the MP18 and MP21 versions of the Materials Project.“We find the source of the predictive degradation is due to the distribution shift between the MP18 and MP21 versions.”

2. Computer Science › Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning

   Quantum adversarial machine learning

   Lu, Duan and Deng · Physical Review Research · 2020

   The paper explores adversarial attacks on quantum machine learning, showing that quantum classifiers can be deceived by tiny perturbations and that defence strategies can be designed against several attacks.

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   1. UncheckedQuantum classifiers, like classical neural-network ones, can be fooled by crafted adversarial examples, whether their input data is classical or quantum.“We find that, similar to traditional classifiers based on classical neural networks, quantum learning systems are likewise vulnerable to crafted adversarial examples, independent of whether the input data is classical or quantum.”

3. Computer Science › Topic Modeling

   Holistic Evaluation of Language Models

   Liang, Bommasani, Lee et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2022

   The paper presents HELM, a broad framework that evaluates 30 language models on 42 scenarios across seven metrics, to make language model capabilities, limitations and risks more transparent.

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   1. UncheckedHELM raised the share of core scenarios on which the 30 evaluated models are benchmarked from 17.9% on average to 96.0%, under standardised conditions.“We improve this to 96.0%: now all 30 models have been densely benchmarked on the same core scenarios and metrics under standardized conditions.”
   2. UncheckedBefore HELM, models were on average evaluated on only 17.9% of its core scenarios, and some prominent models shared no scenario at all.“Prior to HELM, models on average were evaluated on just 17.9% of the core HELM scenarios, with some prominent models not sharing a single scenario in common.”