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		bmitc 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Code from MIT's 1986 SICP video lectures What about the current ML paradigm makes it a science?

computerfriend 3 months ago | [–]

Observing and testing phenomena we don't understand.

mcmoor 3 months ago | | [–]

I guess it's been progressing from being math, to natural science, to social science

aesbetic 3 months ago | [–]

We have “laws” and routinely conduct “experiments” which are kind of unheard of in CS.

bmitc 3 months ago | [–]

Do you have any references I could learn about these types of laws and experiments?

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