KL Zero: KL divergence intuition game

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KL Zero is an interactive browser game where players draw a probability distribution to match a target KL divergence value, helping users intuitively understand the concept of KL divergence in machine learning.

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# KL Zero Source: [https://klzero.sarna.dev/](https://klzero.sarna.dev/) **Draw to the target KL\.** KL divergence measures how surprising the blue distribution P would look if your green distribution Q were used instead\. Draw any probability distribution that sums close to 1 and gets as close as possible to the target KL divergence number\. You have 10 seconds to do it\. Go\! **KL 0\.1** nearly same **KL 1** shifted shape **KL 10** far apart

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