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		umeshunni on Oct 9, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fluctuations in silver prices can predict the prob... Reminds me of these charts: https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations

peignoir on Oct 9, 2019 | [–]

Damn you beat me at it :) makes you think about what unsupervised AI training can lead to... imagine not having insurance because you bought some Nutella on amazon during a full moon or any other crazy scenario

imtringued on Oct 9, 2019 | [–]

https://xkcd.com/1138/

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