You're reading that into my post. Most do not need to know functional analysis. Some absolutely should. My point is not that one needs to know functional analys

You're reading that into my post. Most do not need to know functional analysis. Some absolutely should. My point is not that one needs to know functional analysis to get a machine learning job, its that one of the top AI institutions is decreasing the intellectual rigor of its "average output" in that domain. I find it scary that you're asking the second question. I think any accredited university handing out CS diplomas should make sure their graduates know what TCP is, especially CMU, which will theoretically be sending its graduates to good companies