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trial and error



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Meanwhile, a coup may be on the way in China's island province of Hainan, where years of trial and error are bearing fruit.

From BBC

Nearly one-third of patients do not improve after trying their first antidepressant, often leading to months of trial and error.

From Science Daily

As in “The Martian,” the story is built around trial and error and the scientific method.

From Los Angeles Times

Developing new rockets involves trial and error—and sometimes, explosions.

From The Wall Street Journal

They geeked out about continual learning, where AI gets smarter as it absorbs new information, and reinforcement learning, or “RL,” a technique in which the models learn through trial and error.

From The Wall Street Journal