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Code from MIT's 1986 SICP video lectures

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160 points felipap | 8 comments | 17 Oct 25 20:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.928s | source | bottom
1. aesbetic ◴[20 Oct 25 21:54 UTC] No.45649915[source]▶
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.
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2. gjvc ◴[20 Oct 25 23:35 UTC] No.45650753[source]▶
quite the opposite
3. bmitc ◴[21 Oct 25 02:12 UTC] No.45651707[source]▶
What about the current ML paradigm makes it a science?
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4. computerfriend ◴[21 Oct 25 05:21 UTC] No.45652704[source]▶
Observing and testing phenomena we don't understand.
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5. mcmoor ◴[21 Oct 25 06:01 UTC] No.45652919{3}[source]▶
I guess it's been progressing from being math, to natural science, to social science
6. postexitus ◴[21 Oct 25 12:51 UTC] No.45655133[source]▶
It is one of the most memorable first lectures in the history of Computer Science.
7. aesbetic ◴[21 Oct 25 14:17 UTC] No.45656131[source]▶
We have “laws” and routinely conduct “experiments” which are kind of unheard of in CS.
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8. bmitc ◴[22 Oct 25 05:41 UTC] No.45665253{3}[source]▶
Do you have any references I could learn about these types of laws and experiments?