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"this tool works better than my intuition" absolutely is science. "be quiet and calculate" is a well worn mantra in physics is it not?

• drdeca 3y ago
  “calculate” in that phrase, refers to doing the math, and the understanding that that entails, not pressing the “=“ button on a calculator.
  • d0mine 3y ago
    Why do you think systems of partial differential equations (common in physics) are somehow provide more understanding than the corresponding ML math (at the end of the day both can produce results using a lots of matrix multiplications).
    • drdeca 3y ago
      ... because people understand things about what is described when dealing with such systems in physics, and people don't understand how the weights in ML learned NNs produce the overall behavior? (For one thing, the number of parameters is much greater with the NNs)
      • d0mine 3y ago
        Looking at Navier-Stokes equations tells you very little about the weather tomorrow.
        • drdeca 2y ago
          Sure. It does tell you things about fluids though.