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adversarial

adversarial

1 7.9
Something that tries to trick a computer system by causing it to make errors
  • adjective
  • /ˌæd.vɚˈsɛr.i.əl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : engañoso
  • Researchers are studying adversarial techniques to understand how they can exploit weaknesses in machine learning models.
  • adversarial system

Do you know with the, the idea of adversarial examples and deep fakes and so on.

Examples

  • And you have an adversarial system on the one hand.

  • It's a key part of the adversarial system.

    Blog text (3)
  • The marked increase in adversarial reporting after the end of censorship showed that freedom of expression was vital for the press to perform its role as the Fourth Estate.

    Academic text (2017)
  • It's done by so-called adversarial algorithms that find out how to deceive a neural network.

  • But in an adversarial system, they can be presumed to reflect party bias, and routine reliance on them will favor better-funded parties.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The security team developed an adversarial algorithm to confuse the facial recognition system.

  • They published a paper on the use of adversarial strategies to mislead autonomous vehicles into making incorrect decisions.

Synonyms

misleading
vsadversarial
148 4.4

Giving a wrong idea that makes people believe false things

is planned to deceive and cause system errors rather than accidentally cause false beliefs
deceptive
vsadversarial
62 5.3

Appearing true but making someone believe something that is not true

is created deliberately to cause errors in systems not just mislead people

Antonyms

1.0

Truthful and fair, not cheating or lying

121 1.3

Always saying what really happened and not lying

Compounds

A way for people with different views to work together to test ideas or solve disagreements

How Deceptive

fraudulent
90 6.5
adversarial
  • Specialized
1 7.9
deceptive
62 5.3
misleading
148 4.4

Surface Forms

adversarial positive

Morphology

adversarial = adversary (semi-transparent) = adversary + ial

The formation from 'adversary' is clear, but the specific sense 'designed to deceive or mislead' is a domain-specific extension (e.g., adversarial attacks in technical contexts) and not fully predictable for average learners.

Etymology

Adversarial comes from Latin parts ad- 'to' and versare 'turn', and it is the same root as adversary, which means an opponent. So an adversarial attack is like an opponent that tries to trick or fool a system, and the word shows these attacks act against the system.