Definitely misread that title...
B.S. In Artificial Intelligence – Curriculum
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#42Ok, is it me? I first though it was a joke (Bull Shit in A.I.), looks like it's not, it is a degree? Don't they mean B.Sc. in A.I. then? What does B.S. stand for? (other than Bull Shit of course.)
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#43I read that as "BS in AI curriculum" -- boy, did this not turn out to be what I had expected.
Came here for the same. Unfortunate naming, but accurate for large swathes of the field.
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#44Ok, is it me? I first though it was a joke (Bull Shit in A.I.), looks like it's not, it is a degree? Don't they mean B.Sc. in A.I. then? What does B.S. stand for? (other than Bull Shit of course.)
Yeah, I definitely saw it as BS. It might be because of all negative news about the oversaturation of AI/DS today.
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#45Ok, is it me? I first though it was a joke (Bull Shit in A.I.), looks like it's not, it is a degree? Don't they mean B.Sc. in A.I. then? What does B.S. stand for? (other than Bull Shit of course.)
I think European universities acronimize as B.Sc. American universities as B.S.
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#46I'm a bit concerned that this will be too superficial and not really cover ML or the mathematical foundations well. ML and 'AI' are very multifaceted fields that require a strong foundation in mathematics. As such, the lack of information theory, signal processing, fourier analysis, abstract algebra (from a mathematical standpoint) not to mention CS courses is disheartening. This seems like a major tailored to the st…
There's quite a bit of misinformation in this comment.
- Tensorflow has very little use for the mathematical concept of a "Tensor", apart from the fact that it is a multidimensional array as a way of organizing data.
- Again, most of what is covered in an Information theory class is coding theory, which is not directly applicable to ML. There are a few superficial connections, however, nothing enough to justify a whole class.
- A class on Harmonic analysis, again, though a beautiful subject, does not have any significant overlap with ML, apart from a few superficial similarities to do with convolution.
- Most ML Ph.d.s don't take these classes, and go on to have very successful careers.
This comment is very typical of a kind of snobbery in ML observers that goes along the lines of "you need to understand all these deep and hard concepts before you start to touch ML". Actually, you don;t. ML is, right now, still quite a young field as far as its branching off from statistics goes. We are still building the groundwork of this skyscraper.
We welcome everyone with any background, and hey, even those with none.
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#47The normal computer science curriculum at Carnegie Mellon is already more difficult than real-world AI applications.
Top post on HN year 2030: DeepMind's AlphaAI has graduated with B.S in AI, and has gained consciousness.
Human are not allowed to enter robot city unless you have metal skin color.
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#48Ok, is it me? I first though it was a joke (Bull Shit in A.I.), looks like it's not, it is a degree? Don't they mean B.Sc. in A.I. then? What does B.S. stand for? (other than Bull Shit of course.)
You are not the only one. I thought it was course talking about Bullshit which happens in name of A.I. Much like the "Calling Bullshit" course which happens at University of Washington https://callingbullshit.org/syllabus.html
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#49Ok, is it me? I first though it was a joke (Bull Shit in A.I.), looks like it's not, it is a degree? Don't they mean B.Sc. in A.I. then? What does B.S. stand for? (other than Bull Shit of course.)
“Bachelor of Science”; common abbreviations include B.S., B.Sc., Sc.B. and (apparently) S.B. Different schools use different abbreviations; this is in part regional, but I've seen all of the first three in U.S. schools.
Re: B.S. In Artificial Intelligence – Curriculum
#50Ok, is it me? I first though it was a joke (Bull Shit in A.I.), looks like it's not, it is a degree? Don't they mean B.Sc. in A.I. then? What does B.S. stand for? (other than Bull Shit of course.)
“Bachelor of Science”; common abbreviations include B.S., B.Sc., Sc.B. and (apparently) S.B. Different schools use different abbreviations; this is in part regional, but I've seen all of the first three in U.S. schools.
BS is the one I've always taken as the standard in America, partially because it's a requirement to make the "Piled Higher and Deeper" joke for PhD.