What does "ValueError: cannot convert float nan to integer" specifically mean in a YOLO context?

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What does "ValueError: cannot convert float nan to integer" specifically mean in a YOLO context?
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In the context of YOLO, this error indicates that a Not-a-Number (NaN) floating-point value has been produced somewhere in the object detection pipeline (e.g., data loading, augmentation, target generation, or loss calculation) and a subsequent operation attempts to convert this NaN value into an integer. Integers cannot represent NaN, hence the `ValueError`. This often points to issues with bounding box coordinates becoming invalid, confidence scores, or internal model calculations diverging.