as in deduction
an opinion arrived at through a process of reasoning
that seems like a reasonable inference, but in this case it happens to be incorrect
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Setting aside the clumsy inference—after all, nobody asked for this—we’ve already seen what fans can expect when an NFL coach is asked to momentarily divert his attention from the task at hand.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 20 Sep. 2024
Most identical twins share 100% of their genetic material, while non-identical twins do not, which meant the researchers could compare genetic and environmental influences on food fussiness across both groups and take inferences from this.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
There will be tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of these modular data centers that do inference at the edges spread all over the place.
—Steven Ehrlich, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Training large language models and running inferences on them requires significant computational resources, which in turn demands more energy.
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 19 Sep. 2024
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 20 Sep. 2024
Most identical twins share 100% of their genetic material, while non-identical twins do not, which meant the researchers could compare genetic and environmental influences on food fussiness across both groups and take inferences from this.
—Catherine Nicholls, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
There will be tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of these modular data centers that do inference at the edges spread all over the place.
—Steven Ehrlich, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Training large language models and running inferences on them requires significant computational resources, which in turn demands more energy.
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Inference.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inference. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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