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The lottery ticket hypothesis: why neural networks work
The lottery ticket hypothesis explains why massive neural networks succeed despite centuries of theory predicting they should fail
Yet today, those "impossible" massive models power ChatGPT, decode proteins, and have triggered a global arms race worth hundreds of billions. If learning means finding the simplest model that explains data, and larger search spaces enable simpler solutions, this reframes intelligence itself. The accidental discovery that revolutionised AI offers a profound lesson: the universe often holds elegant surprises for those bold enough to test conventional wisdom's boundaries.
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