[elliott34]

Because the author draws a lot of parallels between computer science majors and physics majors, citing that physics majors are better prepared for the type of work ML requires. I am a physics major turned data scientist, and my argument is that I would have better prepared having been a CS major, given what the majority of my work requires. While in a CS major, a lot of data structures and algorithms haven't changed in 50 years either, you're much more likely to take electives with marketable skills or with up-to-date technologies (distributed systems, operating systems, OO/fp, databases, concurrency) that would've helped me in my day to day more than a math course or too did during my physics degree.