The power to generalize in deep learning is much more a consequence of the natural structure of your data than a property of your model; you will only be able to generalize if your data follows the manifold hypothesis, and the more informative and less noisy your data, the better you can generalize.
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François CholletEvidence Quote
“the power to generalize in this setup is much more a consequence of the natural structure of your data than it is a consequence of any property of your model”
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Francois Chollet | Why abstraction is the key to intelligence, and what we’re still missing— Harvard CMSACreated: 8/12/2026, 6:07:58 PM
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