Are there good recent (i.e. year 2018) papers and discussions on the issue of "Statistics vs. Machine Learning"?

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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?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 30 '18 at 12:12

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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.

answered Apr 30 '18 at 12:12

Frank Harrell

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In your post, can you link directly to some articles you feel are good examples? – Cam.Davidson.Pilon Apr 30 '18 at 12:21
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. – Frank Harrell Apr 30 '18 at 12:59
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. – Cam.Davidson.Pilon Apr 30 '18 at 22:52

Are there good recent (i.e. year 2018) papers and discussions on the issue of "Statistics vs. Machine Learning"?

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