i've seen "Pareto frontier" literally 500 thousand times in the last two weeks or so, and maybe once or twice before that. Can someone please explain what happened recently

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zinoc an hour ago | parent | next [-]

In case people need a refresher on what the Pareto frontier is, this article does a great job explaining it (with Mario Kart!): https://www.mayerowitz.io/blog/mario-meets-pareto

	▲	pu_pe 27 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Everyone started using the term after that article came out, it feels like...

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233mhz 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It sounds fancy and technical. Like when people use "orders of magnitude" six times per thread on this forum but no ever ever use it irl

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vrganj 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

People realized AI is expensive and wanted a cool techy way to say "good bang for your buck"

	▲	zmmmmm 34 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		"my model sucks but it does so cheaper than anybody else"