Learning theory's abstract math will matter as industry demands model control
kfountou · x · 2026-10-02
- In a reply to Csaba Szepesvári (who jokes that even his "pure" ML math is 99.999% applied to mathematicians), kfountou argues the gap will close.
- Abstract math with unforeseeable applications, like current learning theory, feels distant even to math-oriented people.
- As industry demands more control over models and understanding of their outputs, such theory will become far more relevant.
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