PROVO — Amid spirited public discussion over the dangers and opportunities of, Brigham Young University has added a machine learning degree to its undergraduate catalog.
Given machine learning's strong presence at BYU, computer science professor David Wingate thought it was high time it had its own major. "I have a strong desire to prepare students better, both to get great jobs in machine learning, but also to contribute to the discussion that society is having about the role of artificial intelligence and machine learning," he said.
"As AI gets better, we'll get to the point where it can do it better than us and cheaper than us, at which point it'll be natural to replace us," he said.
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