I see it differently. The distinction I would make is that even before Newton, people could make useful predictions about the trajectory of falling objects. M

I see it differently. The distinction I would make is that even before Newton, people could make useful predictions about the trajectory of falling objects. My dog does it well, every time he catches a ball. He even seems to grok the effect of wind on a frisbee. We have no way of predicting how a CNN will react to an input. GANs really illustrate this point. I think this is an important distinction.