AI speicalisation

[Huz]

If you want to work to create AI systems is it better to focus on an specific aspect in AI like deep learning and become an expert in that or is it better to have a more general skill set?

[FeikevA]

I think you need to be more specific on what you want to do. AI is very broad. 

[Leo Gura]

@Huz What is your point in entering AI? What do you want to accomplish in this field?

[Huz]

1 hour ago, Leo Gura said:

@Huz What is your point in entering AI? What do you want to accomplish in this field?

Well after a big circle jerk since leaving uni (tested out many passions I had as hobby’s and trying them as a career) I have come to realise that the thing I like the most is the subject I studied at uni (maths). It find it way better studying it outside of the uni setting then in uni. Way more passionate about it now.

I also love programming. I have been studying AI since lockdown and realise that it is a subject that requires skills in programming and maths amazing combination for my interests

I don’t know what exactly I want out of the field. I have business ideas that I have written down but they seem way out of my skill set so far for me to produce.

I want to help society problems by using AI. Maybe helping businesses with utilising it.

It just seems Deep Learning is at the forefront of AI atm but not utilised as much as simpler machine learning algorithms.

[ajasatya]

@Huz Hi. AI specialist here.

AI is an incredibly huge field. What you should study depends on the application that you have in mind and specially on the type of data that you will feed your system with.

Audio? Images? Tabular data?

If you don't have an application in mind yet, just study generalist AI algorithms, Python and AI philosophy for now.

Also, master auxiliary programming tools such as Git, documentation libraries (like Sphinx) and automated tests platforms like TravisCI.

[Leo Gura]

15 hours ago, Huz said:

Well after a big circle jerk since leaving uni (tested out many passions I had as hobby’s and trying them as a career) I have come to realise that the thing I like the most is the subject I studied at uni (maths). It find it way better studying it outside of the uni setting then in uni. Way more passionate about it now.

I also love programming. I have been studying AI since lockdown and realise that it is a subject that requires skills in programming and maths amazing combination for my interests

I don’t know what exactly I want out of the field. I have business ideas that I have written down but they seem way out of my skill set so far for me to produce.

I want to help society problems by using AI. Maybe helping businesses with utilising it.

It just seems Deep Learning is at the forefront of AI atm but not utilised as much as simpler machine learning algorithms.

Well, then, I suggest you keep pursuing that passion and see where it leads you. Do some small projects and see how you feel about the work. And contemplate more deeply what you want in the big picture with AI.

Research what possibilities exist within AI that excite you.

At this early stage you will be a generalist, and that's okay because you have no reason/purpose for specializing yet.

[Huz]

On 27/05/2020 at 6:42 PM, ajasatya said:

@Huz Hi. AI specialist here.

AI is an incredibly huge field. What you should study depends on the application that you have in mind and specially on the type of data that you will feed your system with.

Audio? Images? Tabular data?

If you don't have an application in mind yet, just study generalist AI algorithms, Python and AI philosophy for now.

Also, master auxiliary programming tools such as Git, documentation libraries (like Sphinx) and automated tests platforms like TravisCI.

Thanks. I think at the moment I want to build up knowledge in basic machine learning and libs. Do more online education. And build some project ideas. 

Ideas to like AI maybe to wildlife wildlife conservation, self help, fitness or other things meaningful.

What are the cutting edge technologies. Not just AI but other technologies that can advance mankind?

[ajasatya]

20 minutes ago, Huz said:

What are the cutting edge technologies. Not just AI but other technologies that can advance mankind?

This question is too broad. There are several cutting edge technologies that can contribute to the advance of mankind.

[ROOBIO]

15 minutes ago, ajasatya said:

This question is too broad. There are several cutting edge technologies that can contribute to the advance of mankind.

Would you say AI is the main one?

Edited May 31, 2020 by ROOBIO

[ajasatya]

32 minutes ago, ROOBIO said:

Would you say AI is the main one?

AI alone is not very powerful. Keep in mind that the abstraction for the basic unit of neural networks (the perceptron) was invented in 1957. Only recently, with the advance in hardware, we became able to use powerful graphical cards as the core of tool to train large neural networks.

I would say that engineering is the actual bottleneck. AI is just the abstraction.

[ROOBIO]

19 minutes ago, ajasatya said:

AI alone is not very powerful. Keep in mind that the abstraction for the basic unit of neural networks (the perceptron) was invented in 1957. Only recently, with the advance in hardware, we became able to use powerful graphical cards as the core of tool to train large neural networks.

I would say that engineering is the actual bottleneck. AI is just the abstraction.

So wherever AI can be implemented with something else. It is a good thing to add to preexisting technology. Like robotics, cameras and face recognition etc.

 

[Huz]

On 28/05/2020 at 7:37 AM, Leo Gura said:

Well, then, I suggest you keep pursuing that passion and see where it leads you. Do some small projects and see how you feel about the work. And contemplate more deeply what you want in the big picture with AI.

Research what possibilities exist within AI that excite you.

At this early stage you will be a generalist, and that's okay because you have no reason/purpose for specializing yet.

Thanks Leo. Yeah I will follow my intuition and see what happens. 
 

When you comeback and relive older passions and going full circle like this a good sign? Having this recurring desire to learn about a subject resurfacing in your life?