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I have a PhD in machine learning and have had a fairly productive career now spanning almost thirty years. Even a few years ago, I used think that I would keep
by 2sk21 7y ago
I have a PhD in machine learning and have had a fairly productive career now spanning almost thirty years. Even a few years ago, I used think that I would keep at it indefinitely. Lately however, I'm finding that the field simply just does not interest me as much as it used to. Contributing to this is the knowledge that I am financially independent - I just don't need to work at this point. I'm planning to quit later this year and spend more time on hobbies and studying cognitive science on my own.
- Winterflow3r 7y agoCan I ask why you are not interested in the field anymore? It seems to be having a major, major renaissance at the moment.
- 2sk21 7y agoGary Marcus has articulated it much better than I could in his new book with Ernie Davis: https://www.amazon.com/Rebooting-AI-Building-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/1524748250/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2WCI49LDM5A62&keywords=gary+marcus+rebooting+ai&qid=1578057821&sprefix=gary+marcus%2Caps%2C129&sr=8-1 https://www.amazon.com/Rebooting-AI-Building-Artificial-Inte... I really dislike the single minded focus on deep learning to the exclusion of everything else.