Chomsky and the Two Cultures of Statistical Learning
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Chomsky and the Two Cultures of Statistical Learning was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 6, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 87 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #11 of 30, reached on Nov 7, 04:07 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 7, 14:24 UTC.
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Norvig (and Chomsky) are talking at cross purposes. Norvig confuses engineering for science. If an engineer wants something that works (and guarantees that it will work) then you use the most effective tool available to achieve that goal. No problem there. But there's absolutely no reason to think that tells you…
I find it hard to see how Chomsky has a leg to stand on. > I understand how Chomsky might arrive at the conclusion that probabilistic models are unnecessary, from his study of the generation of language. I think the point turns here for me. We have probabilistic models now that generate unbelievably convincing…
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#11 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 7, 04:07 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
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It was first seen on Nov 6, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (87 checks) since.
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135 points and 104 comments; submitted by andsoitis on Nov 6, 2026.