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Re:Chomsky and the Two Cultures of Statistical Learning by roenxi on Friday November 06, 2026 @04:57PM (#50399055)
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Re:Chomsky and the Two Cultures of Statistical Learning by theptip on Friday November 06, 2026 @06:31PM (#50399943)
Well, Chomsky wouldn’t be happy, that’s the point of OP; he explicitly argues against this.
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Re:Chomsky and the Two Cultures of Statistical Learning by suddenlybananas on Saturday November 07, 2026 @03:17AM (#50402680)
But the statistics only work well at vastly unrealistic scales of data, and the learning pattern doesn't match children's behaviour at all.
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Re:Chomsky and the Two Cultures of Statistical Learning by jibalt on Saturday November 07, 2026 @12:52PM (#50406487)
A statistical model is approximating the brain at some level.
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