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.
@cbonnett sure. It's not very different from translating old books.
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@fchollet maybe,I (maybe naively) think that conveying concepts like cyber attacks would be too different for someone living 200 years ago -
@cbonnett given enough text information we can understand any alien concept (e.g. sci-fi). But MT does not rely on understanding concepts - Show replies
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@fchollet and similar odd concepts will exist in 200 years from now, probably even more so given the accelerated advancements.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@fchollet I suppose I'm not that convinced that AI would do a much worse job than a human. Not the field work in so I might be very wrong.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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