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It's always this way when new fields start. Give it time. AI leans harder on areas of knowledge that traditional CS treats as periphery like philosophy and ling
by 3pt14159 9y ago
It's always this way when new fields start. Give it time. AI leans harder on areas of knowledge that traditional CS treats as periphery like philosophy and linguistics. In a couple decades the field could be as separate from CS as EE is.
- vkjv 9y agoI agree, but I think this also supports the parent argument. CS and EE are not very different at the undergraduate level.
- smaddox 9y agoThey certainly are at UT Austin! But UT Austin has a separate Computer Engineering degree that's very similar to EE.
- gowld 9y agoThat's right, and that's harmful to people who want to "higher up the stack" than EE. This new major helps address that problem.
- 3pt14159 9y agoThey were at Waterloo, my alma matter. CS was far more mathematical and EE had a much broader basis in physics. Comp Eng was the middle ground with overlap on both.