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Machine Learning is Alchemy https://youtu.be/x7psGHgatGM . We need to understand optimization to advance this field not train thousands of monkeys to press play and hope for a nice result.

Also, why did they not decide to teach 1% of the population basic coding. Now that could transform a society.

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Basic programming skills have been a part of the Finnish primary school curriculum since 2016. By sixth grade students are expected to "create working programs in a graphical programming environment". Junior high includes "basic algorithmic thinking", more programming and embedded programming.

Likely in practice means trying out Scratch in primary school and creating robots in junior high.

Source: https://peda.net/ulvila/peruskoulut/harjunp%C3%A4%C3%A4n-kou...

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