Stockfish's power comes from mostly search, and the ML techniques it uses are mainly about better search, i.e. pruning branches more efficiently.
The weights must still have some understanding of the chess board. Though there is always the chance that it makes no sense to us
The ML techniques it uses are only about evaluation, but you were close
The weights must still have some understanding of the chess board. Though there is always the chance that it makes no sense to us