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Faster parallel experimentation could improve discovery quality
Faster parallel experimentation could improve discovery quality
Dean argues that tools which shorten experimental cycles and run many experiments in parallel can provide feedback that improves both the speed and quality of subsequent experiments.
- Speaker
- Jeff Dean
- Topic
- Scientific Discovery
- Source timestamp
- 39:24
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