Wanting to do the 'creative thinking' to move projects and ideas is the reason why I now find myself now teaching myself math and advanced math. I have ideas th

Wanting to do the 'creative thinking' to move projects and ideas is the reason why I now find myself now teaching myself math and advanced math. I have ideas that I want to push through, and I will need people to help me with them, but I'm not going to be able to get the talent I need without being able to 'talk' to them in their language. Also it will help me to see and answer new problems that I am unable to now. This is especially relevant to me as most of the interesting ideas I have are regarding AI and machine learning. I am unable to teach myself from some great books and examples out there because, quite frankly, my math skills are non-existent. It is frustrating because I want to move forward, experiment further with these ideas, but can't do this using pure 'black-box' mentality. I need to understand whats in those black boxes so I can make my own.