Great work!
I wonder if their expertise would be helpful in understanding deep learning, a rare field that made advances before mathematicians had fully laid the groundwork (sometimes they do a century ahead of time :));
I wonder if their expertise would be helpful in understanding deep learning, a rare field that made advances before mathematicians had fully laid the groundwork (sometimes they do a century ahead of time :));
It’s not a place to brainstorm or be open minded about new ways of thinking successfully - not very very often. More a place to surface small useful bits of information that people find (a) useful and (b) that people are passionate about already. And there’s a lot of value in that as a reader. And some value as writer in practicing articulation of very clearly thought-out ideas.
But yeah - today I realized HN and ‘I wonder if...’ comments don’t really jive together.
'I wonder if' is not the problem here, it is that it isn't even wrong on so many levels. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_even_wrong
It is certainly not a “new way of thinking”. First of all, there is hardly any thought here. Secondly, “understanding deep learning mathematically” is a well known problem to mathematicians.
It is a comment that could have been generated by an (old, 2000s era) AI.
So for people like me at least, it's not a "very weak link to the topic at hand".
BTW, I am not using 'hottest buzzword of the decade' to denigrate the field of deep learning. I am using it to emphasize the op's shallow reference to the field.
Further, it is unclear what the link to a conference is supposed to add - is this actually an attempt to get said mathematician to completely switch fields on a whim? Based on a HN comment? That's just uncalled for... Or is it trying to recruit random HN readers? In that case, how is this at all related to the topic?
Like in any group of humans, it takes a certain perspective and tone to communicate your ideas effectively - doubly so if you want to engage in "new ways of thinking" with others. The comment in question is lacking that (in my - subjective - eyes). I don't think "I wonder if" is misplaced on HN, but I would concur that (as you hinted at) a certain way of articulation is rewarded.