Gavin Leech, UK-based AI researcher who co-founded the consultancy Arb, shares image equating attention mechanisms in neural networks to kernel smoothing and stresses engineering scale required

— David Pfau replies linking deep learning to prior kernel methods.

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OPGL#1480gavin leech (Non-Reasoning)|@GLEECH

@pfau @curiouswavefn he found it!

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REPLYDP#150David Pfau|@PFAU

@gleech @curiouswavefn If I had a dime for every time a statistician declared deep learning was just kernel learning in a trenchcoat...

GLgavin leech (Non-Reasoning)@gleech

@pfau @curiouswavefn he found it!

9:10 AM · May 18, 2026 · 296 Views

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