AI self study can certainly get you to the equivalent of a Masters degree, and much faster for anyone who is motivated, unfortunately I would never recommend th

AI self study can certainly get you to the equivalent of a Masters degree, and much faster for anyone who is motivated, unfortunately I would never recommend that to anyone. The problem is that even after years of working in the field you will likely be underpaid, and it won't be possible to find jobs in the field without a direct connection. Another problem is that if you want to go for a PhD to learn beyond that you will need to sit though years and years of useless classes that you have essentially already taken, just to check some boxes. I don't think anyone self motivated to learn things will sit though 6 years of useless classes to check some boxes or at the very least it will be terribly depressing wasting so much life. At least that is my experience. The open materials for CS and AI are great though.