svm-hinge-loss-target-is-bayes-optimal-classifier

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The hinge loss target function recovers exactly the Bayes-optimal classifier f*(x) (outputs ±1 based on whether p_x >= 1/2), unlike square loss (conditional expectation) or log-loss (logit) which estimate the full conditional distribution.

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• IN svm-hinge-loss-bayes-optimality-deepens-existence-proof — SVMs' hinge loss recovering exactly the Bayes-optimal classifier deepens the SVM existence proof of reliable ML — reliability is not merely achievable through engineering discipline but mathematically grounded in statistical optimality theory, making the inaccessibility of this proven-optimal methodology to dominant paradigms a sharper indictment of the field's trajectory.