In modern society where most people live in cities and where both needs and wishes are absolved through the same remote agency - money - the distinction between wishes and needs has altogether vanished.
Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue.
I sort of feel that climate change will be solved by science. I just feel instinctively that we will find a way of saving ourselves. But I am less confident that we won't destroy ourselves in other ways.
If you just have a single problem to solve then fine go ahead and use a neural network. But if you want to do science and understand how to choose architectures or how to go to a new problem you have to understand what different architectures can and cannot do.
The rise of Google the rise of Facebook the rise of Apple I think are proof that there is a place for computer science as something that solves problems that people face every day.
The universe is governed by science. But science tells us that we can't solve the equations directly in the abstract.
Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.
Science never solves a problem without creating ten more.
It is a sad commentary that today we face a choice between having schools that are a monument to our past - or schools that will be the lifeblood of our future. But since that is our choice let us resolve to choose wisely.
You couldn't pay me enough to be a law enforcement officer. Their job is a tough job. You have to solve people's problems you have to baby-sit people you have to always be doing this cat-and-mouse game with the bad guys. My respect for them is immense.