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I try to get an overview about the most recent discussions of how machine learning and classical statistics differ.

There is an excellent discussion on this issue here on stackexchange ( The Two Cultures: statistics vs. machine learning? ), but the original posts are about 8 years old by now.

Does anyone know of a more recent discussion (here on this forum or elsewhere)? Or are the main points in the Breiman paper still valid?

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I don't go into technical details, but there are some relevant articles on my blog fharrell.com, and today I'll be posting a new article giving overall guidance in making the choice between statistical models and machine learning. I'd welcome discussion about that article, either on the blog or here.

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  • $\begingroup$ In your post, can you link directly to some articles you feel are good examples? $\endgroup$
    – Cam.Davidson.Pilon
    Commented Apr 30, 2018 at 12:21
  • $\begingroup$ I have not done a good enough job surveying the literature to be able to do that at present, but I will include 2 interesting references. We need more. $\endgroup$
    – Frank Harrell
    Commented Apr 30, 2018 at 12:59
  • $\begingroup$ Ah, I was unclear in my comment. By "post", I was referring to this post above, and by "articles", I meant specifically your blog articles. $\endgroup$
    – Cam.Davidson.Pilon
    Commented Apr 30, 2018 at 22:52

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