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The Neural Net Tank Urban Legend
AI folklore tells a story about a neural network trained to detect tanks which instead learned to detect time of day; investigating, this probably never happened.
- Points
- 105
- HN comments
- 48
- Submissions
- 1
- Cited by
- 11 commenters
AI & Machine LearningScience & Space2023
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2023 | The Neural Net Tank Urban Legend by belter | 105 | 48 |
Cited in comments
Linked from 11 Hacker News comments by 11 different people, from Jun 2023 to Jul 2025.
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