Sentences with phrase «if assumptions»

However, if the assumptions underlying that initial learning scenario are no longer met, the results could be anything from useless to sinister, as Microsoft found out with last year's Tay chatbot experiment, where inflammatory inputs (courtesy of Twitter) produced a chatbot every bit as racist and sexist as it was technically accomplished.

If my assumptions are incorrect, the output will be misleading too.

If the assumptions don't hold true, maturity amount will also be different.

My point being, I just can not see any good in reinforcing the stereotype - even if the assumptions were true.

If the assumptions don't work out as expected, you could be in a situation where you could have to pay a higher premium at some point in the future or the policy could lapse.

When codes are used both to construct a matter budget and to analyze the team's progress, it becomes much easier to determine if the matter is on track, if the scope of the matter is changing, or if assumptions that were made at the outset continue to be valid.

Most who quote a fixed fee identify the assumptions on which the fee is based and if those assumptions change, will submit a modified proposal.

What if these assumptions are incorrect and witnesses can not easily parse out what they personally perceived, what they learned from other sources, and what they extrapolated from either context?

If the assumptions underlying the financial modelling were incorrect, then the impact on criminal firms which are already vulnerable due to «wafer - thin» profit margins — identified by the independent research — would be serious.

But, if the assumptions about how the added factor of the atmosphere behaves are incorrect, then the projections aren't correct either.

Derivations all make assumptions about the system, which is «known» if the assumptions are demonstrably accurate.

So, if those assumptions are right, it seems that biking would save the average American well over $ 10,000 per year.

It is simply not possible to model the individual components and their relationships with sufficient precision even if our assumptions regarding the principal components were much more realistic than those of the IPCC.

One might therefore posit that the widths could be corrected back to the volume of the material deposited based on the width and height of the stalagmite at the time (if these assumptions are close to the mark, it would be a linear, first order correction since surface area in a cone varies linearly with height and radius).

There is surprising agreement between Mann and ourselves on the effect of differing assumptions on the NH temperature reconstruction — if the assumptions are specified exactly.

Therefore — your logic works IF and ONLY IF all your assumptions are correct.

Some authors like Archer and André Berger believe that a glaciation is not possible under present circumstances, but if their assumptions are wrong, they are wrong.

Of course the theory is valid if the assumptions of isotropy and homogeneity at small scales are valid and that demands for high Reynolds (fully developped turbulence) and intuitively we can indeed visualise that a very turbulent flow will have plenty of small eddies everywhere.

If my assumptions are correct, was the NIPCC so bad?

So the authors of this study should check if their assumptions how the market works are correct (reality seems to disagree).

You seem to be saying that it doesnâ $ ™ t matter if the assumptions about driving forces are unsound as long as the emission rates themselves are plausible.

And if the assumptions turn out to be true, then the theory / model based on those assumptions gains more strength / credibility.

Once American Airlines actually announces what partner earnings will be I'll update this post — it will be interesting to see if my assumptions were right or if I have to rethink my plans

Note that if these assumptions were to increase, we would have to increase the assumptions in option 1 as they are based on the same underlying asset (i.e. the property market).

It is impossible to know if my assumptions are true, but they are consistent with how the market behaves; if they prove wrong, change those assumptions.

If the assumptions on which these forecasts are based prove incorrect, the value of the investment may decrease.

If the assumptions are, for example, too optimistic, the entity may not be able to generate enough cash flow to pay you a distribution, or the development of the asset may not be commercially viable.

Even if their assumptions prove correct, total system breakeven will come in 2014 - 2015.

If these assumptions are, for example, too optimistic, the entity may not be able to deliver on their promises to you, such as paying your cash distributions.

When you are able to select company trading at a 20 % discount, you know that even if your assumptions are not perfect, you have a very good margin of safety.

But if their assumptions turn out wrong, a larger portion of profits will be needed in the future to meet these obligations.)

You can play around with it to see which is better, and also how much you'd be off by in different scenarios if your assumptions are wrong.

If these assumptions aren't serving us, we should drop them and pick up new habits that will take us where we need to go.

If those assumptions don't apply to you, I promise there'll be follow - up posts.

But if those assumptions change, so will the real - world fuel economy.

Every pension plan publishes these assumptions in their financial reports, and they conduct regular «experience studies» to see if their assumptions are correct or if they need adjustments.

The current «hybrid» plan is dominated by its defined benefit component, and it has no way to keep costs in check over time if its assumptions prove inaccurate; and

If assumptions like these frame the «problem,» then this this vision of personalized learning makes sense.

If these assumptions are valid, then acceleration is a valuable and useful tool.

What is not mentioned is the net loss of $ 10 million if these assumptions are accurate.

If these assumptions hold, evidence that the effects of being assigned to a teacher who shares one's race are concentrated in disadvantaged or highly segregated schools would suggest that differences in teacher quality are influencing the findings to some degree.

If these assumptions are unclear or inaccurate, both parties may lose out.

If the assumptions about productivity in the education realm are correct, however, schools face a higher price for skilled workers even though skilled teachers are no more productive than they used to be.

In a class on a recent Saturday, program participants discussed the incident of the boy and the Air Jordan and wondered if assumptions about race and class had played a role: «The teacher is taking an authoritarian stance,» one commented.

But in the aftermath of the Japan quake and the nine - meter waves it spawned, Raskin says he plans to ask the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries if the assumptions used to create the inundation maps would change.

If both assumptions are true, wouldn't it make sense for the Vikings to start Hill, move Remmers to guard, and use Easton as a backup?

If the assumptions which lie behind this chapter are sound, a reliable witness would mean a witness to truths which are recognized by men of faith in all lands and in all ages and under all circumstances as being equally valid for them and for their fellows.

I did not add any assumptions beyond those that were already given; thus, if my assumptions are not valid, yours, or Dr. Wickman's, are also invalid.

If those assumptions disappoint and it becomes clear that profit margins will not be forever sustained at record highs, it doesn't only imply near - term earnings disappointments - it implies that the whole stream of future earnings impounded into stock prices is wrong.

If the assumptions are coming from the very top of an organization, it can be seem impossible to convince otherwise; seek to apply as much data as possible to assumptions to help validate, or invalidate, ideas.