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contrastive

[kuhn-tras-tiv] / kənˈtræs tɪv /




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They developed FAIR-Path, a framework based on an existing machine-learning method known as contrastive learning.

From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025

They began by using simple problem-solving techniques to construct sets of contrastive summaries -- a set of faithful, error-free summaries and a set of unfaithful summaries containing errors.

From Science Daily • Feb. 22, 2024

To create a more efficient alternative, in recent years researchers have turned to models built through a technique known as contrastive self-supervised learning.

From Science Daily • Oct. 30, 2023

The kinds of silences this work tests are called relative or contrastive, and they have some overlap with the study of holes.

From Scientific American • Jul. 10, 2023

Cicero ends with a final address to Catiline, and then with a contrastive apostrophe to Jupiter—effectively putting Catiline’s decision to depart under the compulsion of a God.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith




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