I see it mainly as a way of identifying that "somebody (whale or not) might know something and therefore I have to consider the horse

Ok, fair enough, but I don't think it's the whales, since Dave says they bet it all when they are loading in the gate.
To me it's mostly the horsemen's money, though I guess some is from sharp handicappers.

I have a question @Neal Freedman...

Is this primarily intended to measure how much insiders (not including whales) are betting a horse down?

Thanks for your response, @Dave Schwartz

The AI Line is literally how the entire public should bet the horses based upon past history.

Ok.
I am guessing that what you are asking the AI to do, is to create an odds line based on all relevant historical data factors, that estimates what the final odds for be for this horse and race, on average.

It's not a prediction of what the actual odds will be, since that depends on what nuances the whales see in this race - what they see as the overlays based on their unique knowledge of the actual odds milliseconds before the tote closes.

That is, the AI Line is your AI's a priori best estimate of the final odds.

That sound right?

Tom

Neal, when are you recording tote odds, given that they change so much after post time these days?

[edit: DS] Adding a ping of @Neal Freedman so he'll more likely see it.

Newbie here, looking forward to having fun working with you all.

Dave, what plans do you have for deTerminator documentation in general?