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    1. François Chollet‏Verified account @fchollet 25 Aug 2018

      A popular quote goes "if you can't explain it in simple terms, you don't understand it well enough" (often incorrectly attributed to Einstein or Feynman). I think a more accurate take is: "if you can't explain it in arbitrarily precise terms, you don't understand it well enough"

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      François Chollet‏Verified account @fchollet 25 Aug 2018

      In particular, if you understand something clearly, you should be able to describe it in precise algorithmic terms to a computer: you should be able to implement it from scratch (as a simulation, as a framework, etc).

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        1. Ali Yahya | alive.eth‏ @alive_eth 25 Aug 2018
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          Ali Yahya | alive.eth Retweeted Ali Yahya | alive.eth

          I love this. "If you can't program it, you haven't understood it."https://twitter.com/ali01/status/1033442345746751488 …

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          Ali Yahya | alive.eth @alive_eth
          "If you can't program it, you haven't understood it." ––@DavidDeutschOxf on intelligence in The Beginning of Infinity pic.twitter.com/9UKY1cjsIL
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        2. James O' Neill‏ @JamesONeil21 25 Aug 2018
          Replying to @fchollet

          Feynman might have then pointed you to his other quote: "What I cannot create, I do not understand." :)

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        3. trylks‏ @trylks 25 Aug 2018
          Replying to @JamesONeil21 @fchollet

          Yes! I agree with this, but let's be clear: Understanding the Big Bang would not imply being able to create actual Universes, but a simulation of the Big Bang.http://trylks.tumblr.com/post/168979889948 …

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        1. Guilty Core‏ @GuiltyCore 25 Aug 2018
          Replying to @fchollet

          Well said !

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        2. Andrés Asensio Ramos‏ @aasensior 25 Aug 2018
          Replying to @fchollet

          I think that's not correct. For example, you can implement quantum mechanics in a computer and still not fully understand the results.

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        3. Siddik‏ @cold_fireman 26 Aug 2018
          Replying to @aasensior @fchollet

          I should believe the point stands at been able to implement it if you understand it clearly enough, NOT being able to understand it's result, There's a distinction there.

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        1. Yonatan Geifman‏ @geifman_y 25 Aug 2018
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          It means that you fully understand why deep learning works?

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        1. Giri Damerla‏ @giridamerla 25 Aug 2018
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          Absolutely not! Understanding doesn’t mean being able to explain it in ‘precise’ terms or any terms for that matter. You are assuming that language is sufficient for all experience!

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        1. joe coope‏ @JoecoopeJoe 25 Aug 2018
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          We have a big TOE, a little TOE and 3 digits in between.. Do you know their names?

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        1. Baltazar Musigny‏ @pinoenko 25 Aug 2018
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          am sorry but your anything-but-simple explanation is rather ruining your point. Even the definition is made more complicated

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