Modern AI is closer to math than the ad-hoc but often creative solutions of AI in the 70s/80s. This is a very good sign, but it brings AI closer to the kind of

Modern AI is closer to math than the ad-hoc but often creative solutions of AI in the 70s/80s. This is a very good sign, but it brings AI closer to the kind of work that engineers do with MATLAB. I personally prefer it that way, but it's definitely quite different to other types of programming.