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Overfitting is a fundamental problem in mathematical modeling where a model becomes too complex and starts to fit the noise in the data rather than the underlying patterns. This results in poor predictive performance on new, unseen data. With the increasing use of machine learning and artificial intelligence, overfitting has become a critical issue in many fields, including computer vision, natural language processing, and predictive analytics. According to [[andrew-ng|Andrew Ng]], a leading expert in AI, overfitting is one of the most common pitfalls in machine learning. The concept of overfitting is closely related to [[underfitting|underfitting]], where a model is too simple to capture the underlying structure of the data. Researchers like [[yoshua-bengio|Yoshua Bengio]] and [[geoffrey-hinton|Geoffrey Hinton]] have developed techniques to prevent overfitting, such as [[dropout|dropout]] and [[regularization|regularization]]. Overfitting can be detected using metrics like [[cross-validation|cross-validation]] and [[mean-squared-error|mSE]]. As data scientists and machine learning engineers, it's essential to understand the causes and consequences of overfitting and develop strategies to prevent it, such as using [[ensemble-methods|ensemble methods]] and [[early-stopping|early stopping]].