Well, if ML people didn't use the word "regression" and named their use of it differently that would also upset stats people. The point is, when you listen to

Well, if ML people didn't use the word "regression" and named their use of it differently that would also upset stats people. The point is, when you listen to an ML person introduce regression in a lecture it will look and feel different from when a stats person does it. ML-type regression is part of ML. Stats type regression doesn't cut it. They care about different aspects, flesh out stuff that's not very relevant for ML and ignore parts that are more important for ML.