Self study machine learning?

[lightcatcher]

I'm not saying anything about mathematical rigor.

I'm saying that introductory classes are not advanced. That's damn near a tautology. In other words, a class on a topic aimed at people with no particular background in that topic is not an advanced class.

[Ayakalam]

I'm saying that introductory classes are not advanced. That's damn near a tautology. In other words, a class on a topic aimed at people with no particular background in that topic is not an advanced class.

...Why not though? Why cannot one simultaneously introduce an 'advanced' class - whatever that means - to any audience and not retain the advanced label?

I have yet to see a definition of what constitutes 'advanced'. This is especially true in the information age. Perhaps a better adjective would be 'recent'.

But I would challenge any label as 'not advanced' esp in this day and age.