"Deep Learning is a search algorithm, not a learning algorithm"
JosephJacks_ · x · 2026-11-11
Joseph Jacks offers a one-line take: deep "learning" is fundamentally a search algorithm rather than a learning algorithm — a condensed entry in the ongoing debate about what LLM training actually does.
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