The last reliable (available) path into AI

A confluence of trends leaves AI+something, rather than pure AI, as the last great path into machine learning research.

The last reliable (available) path into AI The last reliable (available) path into AI ← Home Nathan Lambert • July 07, 2022 Notes: v2 3 July 2022 added a lot of text for clarity; a big thank you to Rosanne Liu for providing substantial feedback on this post! It seems like every undergrad or graduate school applicant wants to work in artificial intelligence. Though, most people will be throwing their solid applications off to be ignored by only applying to only the best AI labs. I get it, people want to work on AI all the time, but you can still be an AI person if you bring the AI approach to s

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