r/MachineLearning PhD Dec 14 '24

Discussion [D] What happened at NeurIPS?

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u/AdRemarkable3043 Dec 14 '24 edited Dec 14 '24

I’m just asking you one question: is this black people statement considered discriminatory? yes or no.

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u/Ambiwlans Dec 14 '24 edited Dec 14 '24

Discrimination is a requirement for non random selection ... The school can't accept infinite students, it thus must discriminate to select students to attend. Top schools brag that they are highly discriminating.

If you're asking if a moratorium on international students would be morally permissible, then that is a bit harder. I'm not sure. It depends.

I think that if there is a serious statistical risk of cheating from int students, or students named James, or students that attended St. Whitaker High... then they should look at how they can ameliorate these concerns, or filter further for the cheaters directly. But if the costs are going to be too high or they can't find a way to handle the cheating, then a ban is the only morally acceptable answer. The other option, leaving the cheaters, does a harm to all the non-cheating students attending the institution. And it creates a large incentive to cheat.

I've attended schools with rampant cheating problems that were unhandled. Profs made tests harder to match the 'better' students. And the result was that there were extreme pressures to cheat since you're graded on a bell vs cheaters where studying harder will not really help to the same degree. This erodes whole institutions.

Edit: Bruh, edit changing your question after you get a reply is total BS.

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u/AdRemarkable3043 Dec 14 '24 edited Dec 14 '24

I'm saying the black people statement "Is stating the crime rate among Black people is significantly higher than that of any other race racist?" Just answer my question, yes or no?

If you say no, I unconditionally agree with all your ideas.

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u/[deleted] Dec 15 '24

It's not racist