I endorse this. I like the framing, and it’s very much in line with how I think about the problem. One point I’d make is: I’d replace the word “model” with “algorithm”, to be even more agnostic. “Model” seems for many people already to carry an implicit intuitive interpretation of what the learned algorithm is doing, namely “trying to faithfully represent the problem”, or something similar.
I endorse this. I like the framing, and it’s very much in line with how I think about the problem. One point I’d make is: I’d replace the word “model” with “algorithm”, to be even more agnostic. “Model” seems for many people already to carry an implicit intuitive interpretation of what the learned algorithm is doing, namely “trying to faithfully represent the problem”, or something similar.