Chollet: Science is extreme generalization via symbolic compression from few data points
fchollet · x · 2026-08-14
François Chollet argues that science achieves extreme generalization through symbolic models and few key experiments, citing the 47-year path from radioactivity to the atom bomb, hinting at implications for AGI.
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