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aesbetic
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Code from MIT's 1986 SICP video lectures
In the first lecture, Abelson says Computer Science is neither a science nor is it really about computers. Considering the current ML paradigm, maybe CS has finally earned its name as a science.
bmitc
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What about the current ML paradigm makes it a science?
computerfriend
4 months ago
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Observing and testing phenomena we don't understand.
mcmoor
4 months ago
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I guess it's been progressing from being math, to natural science, to social science
aesbetic
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We have “laws” and routinely conduct “experiments” which are kind of unheard of in CS.
bmitc
4 months ago
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Do you have any references I could learn about these types of laws and experiments?
postexitus
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It is one of the most memorable first lectures in the history of Computer Science.
gjvc
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quite the opposite
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