The Spotify team tested their model using several real-world case studies, including one looking at credit approval in Germany, one looking at an international clinical trial for stroke medication, and another looking at the safety of the water supply in Kenya. “It lets you answer any counterfactual question about a scenario that you want,” says Gilligan-Lee. The result is a general-purpose computer program for doing counterfactual reasoning. Gilligan-Lee and his colleagues used the framework of twin networks as a blueprint for a neural network and then trained it to make predictions about how events would play out in the fictional world. The models are linked in such a way that the model of the actual world constrains the model of the fictional one, keeping it the same in every way except for the facts you want to change. Twin networks treat counterfactuals as a pair of probabilistic models: one representing the actual world, the other representing the fictional one. My diva album? I think so! I think I’ve finally let my Gloria out.That’s where machine learning comes in. “I harnessed all those memories and put them into one album.

“ Gloria is also a celebration of all the genres and all the female divas, vocalists, and pop writers that I love,” Smith added in a statement.

Aided by celebrated female figures from its creator’s musical circles like Kim Petras (the global smash hit “Unholy”), Jessie Reyez, and Koffee (both on “Gimme”), it also explores themes of sex, passion, self-expression, and imperfection. Their third album so far, the record discovers what it means to be truly free – being in touch with your innermost self. Gloria, as a whole, finds Smith making both creative and personal revelations. Dressed in pink, Smith steps out of a gold helicopter to be greeted by a Bacchanalian-inspired celebration. The track was produced by Calvin Harris and is accompanied by flamboyant visuals directed by Tanu Muino (Lil Nas X, Harry Styles, Normani). When Smith released their highly anticipated new album Gloria at the end of January, they also shared a video for “I’m Not Here To Make Friends.”

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