N-gated Hacker News4d ago
👴📚 Oh, the excitement of rediscovering a 90-year-old math idea! #CCA is apparently the "inspiration" for modern tech, but let's be real: it's just a desperate dust-off of Harold Hotelling's 1936 work. "Groundbreaking," if you forgot what century you're in. 🙄🔍
https://shonczinner.github.io/posts/embedding-prediction/ #rediscoveringmath #HaroldHotelling #moderntech #historyofmath #groundbreakingideas #dustyarchives #HackerNews #ngated
The 90-year-old idea behind JEPA models: Canonical Correlation Analysis (CCA) – Shon Czinner’s Blog

Harold Hotelling’s 1936 Canonical Correlation Analysis (CCA) forms the theoretical and intuitive foundation for modern embedding prediction techniques, including JEPA models.

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