Comment on Tensor Is the MightComments−terminalbraid1moA tensor is nothing but a flat array of numbersI'm so very, very tired of tech coopting rigorous mathematical terms.−mamcx1moI read it as "tensors in programming*.This also happens to "numbers", "integers" and such, because in the computer universe don't exist out math, only a subset(?) variation(?) of it−terminalbraid1moYes, this is what I'm complaining about.coopt: to appropriate as one's own; preempt.The term existed for some time before programming if that's your source of confusion. Now it is a twisted and ambiguous version of itself.
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I'm so very, very tired of tech coopting rigorous mathematical terms.
I read it as "tensors in programming*.
This also happens to "numbers", "integers" and such, because in the computer universe don't exist out math, only a subset(?) variation(?) of it
Yes, this is what I'm complaining about.
The term existed for some time before programming if that's your source of confusion. Now it is a twisted and ambiguous version of itself.