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The paper that killed deep learning theory

Zac Boring April 26, 2026 1 min read
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Around 10 years ago, a paper came out that arguably killed classical deep learning theory: Zhang et al.'s aptly titled Understanding deep learning requires rethinking generalization.Of course, this is a bit of an exaggeration. No single paper ever kills a field of research on its own, and deep learning theory was not exactly the most productive and healthy field at the time this was published. And the paper didn't come close to addressing all theoretical approaches to understanding aspects of de

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