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Re:Why is Machine Learning the Most Popular Course at Stanford? by porlw on Monday December 30, 2013 @03:32AM (#6983700)
Humanities undergrads all sign up for Intro to Psych, because they want to understand, like, how people think 'n' stuff.

Then most discover it's 90% history and statistics, with lots of debate about what's actually true, and don't take it any further.

Machine Learning is the CS equivalent - broad appeal, but to take it any further it's mostly maths and stats, which turns a lot of people off.

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Re:Why is Machine Learning the Most Popular Course at Stanford? by normloman on Monday December 30, 2013 @02:11PM (#6986224)
No they don't. They sign up for Intro to Psych because it's a required course.
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Re:Why is Machine Learning the Most Popular Course at Stanford? by porlw on Monday December 30, 2013 @03:57PM (#6986893)
Not where I live - unless you're studying for a Psych degree of course. Other BA students could take it as an elective. It was by far the most popular first year course in the Humanities department.
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