discriminator
noun
dis·crim·i·na·tor
di-ˈskri-mə-ˌnā-tər 
: one that discriminates
especially
: a circuit that can be adjusted to accept or reject signals of different characteristics (such as amplitude or frequency)
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The first is a generator, which makes fake images, and the second is a discriminator, which learns to distinguish between real and fake.
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Brooke Borel, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2018
With little to no human supervision, the networks train one another through competition—the discriminator nudges the generator to make increasingly realistic fakes, while the generator keeps trying to trick the discriminator.
—Brooke Borel, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2018
The discriminator may start off with a different distribution.
—Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 9 May 2024
But the discriminator also receives feedback on its performance.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Feb. 2024
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Brooke Borel, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2018
With little to no human supervision, the networks train one another through competition—the discriminator nudges the generator to make increasingly realistic fakes, while the generator keeps trying to trick the discriminator.
—Brooke Borel, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2018
The discriminator may start off with a different distribution.
—Steve Nadis, Quanta Magazine, 9 May 2024
But the discriminator also receives feedback on its performance.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Feb. 2024
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“Discriminator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/discriminator. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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