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I am not, of course, against mathematics per se. But the reason math is used in physics is because it describes reality. All too often in AI and computer vision, math seems to be used because it's impressive.
Obviously, in fields like physics math is very, very useful. In other cases, it's better to just go out and write down what you see. So cartographers make maps, zoologists write field guides, and linguists write dictionaries. Why a priori should we prefer one epistemological scheme to another?
I'd find it much more impressive if you could do anything useful in AI or computer vision without math.
What else is there to see besides humans?
Paperclips. Also, paperclip makers. And paperclip maker makers. And paperclip maker maker makers.
And stuff for maintaining paperclip maker maker makers.
And paper?
Maybe.