> Yes, you may have 3 STEM undergrad degrees, but no one cares because it's not relevant anymore. Two of those degrees (MS and PhD) are graduate degrees, not u

> Yes, you may have 3 STEM undergrad degrees, but no one cares because it's not relevant anymore. Two of those degrees (MS and PhD) are graduate degrees, not undergrad. In the specific case of AI, the field has changed massively over the last 10-15 years, so the field-specific knowledge conveyed by degrees further back than that may indeed have depreciated quite a bit. However, field specific knowledge is not necessarily what makes graduate degrees valuable. It's knowing that you're getting a candidate who knows how to branch out into unknown territory, who knows how to research the relevant literature, who didn't quit when the going got tough, and who can express themselves in comprehensible prose. These qualities don't become irrelevant, even if Isaac Newton was your PhD advisor.