A statistical machine translation algo trained on data up to 1800 could not translate a Tom Clancy book. But a smart human from 1800 could.
Statistical learning is mimetic, and thus cannot generalize far beyond what it has observed so far. But the human mind can.
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@fchollet could a current human translate a book written 200 years from now when society has changed so much ? I'm not so sure. - Show replies
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@fchollet yea, but to be fair, the human has a lot more training data than just text. Easier to posit counterfactuals through internal modelThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@fchollet very well said!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@fchollet I think that for the most part is a matter of training data and model complexity. A 3 years old child can't translate book too.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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