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Code from MIT's 1986 SICP video lectures

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160 points felipap | 1 comments | 17 Oct 25 20:18 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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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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bmitc ◴[21 Oct 25 02:12 UTC] No.45651707[source]▶
What about the current ML paradigm makes it a science?
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computerfriend ◴[21 Oct 25 05:21 UTC] No.45652704[source]▶
Observing and testing phenomena we don't understand.
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1. mcmoor ◴[21 Oct 25 06:01 UTC] No.45652919[source]▶
I guess it's been progressing from being math, to natural science, to social science