Soumith Chintala: Customization Trumps Generalization Once Tasks Are Defined
iamtrask · x · 2026-08-28
Soumith Chintala noted that once the tasks you care about are known, customization becomes more important than generalization. Trask echoed this sentiment, suggesting it is the reason why network-source AI is the future.
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