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This is something I've been thinking about the last 3-4 years and desperately what I am trying to do. I have what I think some interesting ideas and implementa

This is something I've been thinking about the last 3-4 years and desperately what I am trying to do. I have what I think some interesting ideas and implementations, but no one quite grasps my thought process and I am stuck between believing Im onto something and that I am furiously chasing nothing.

odyssey7 3y ago
My experience in pursuing this is that I applied to about a dozen on-campus CS grad programs, over the course of two years, noting this research direction, but those applications were all rejected. You would think with the emergence of generative AI that there could be some interest. I suspect the application was of interest, but that universities have a shortage of experts in generative AI, and that a multidisciplinary project like this might be misunderstood within a CS department or would have to be accepted by a very specific advisor who may not exist. The best chance might be to convince investors to help assemble the right team and to provide a viable R&D budget.
- andoando 3y ago
  Oh wow thats nuts. Did you end up attending grad school for something else? Ive been thinking about applying but I haven't even able to find any departments that do research in this area. There is a huge craze around ML as its producing tangible results and it seems the school of thought is that anything else is wasted time. The closest thing Ive found to my own is Wolframs writings. Seriously I know I seem like a delusional nut but this train of thought has really grabbed me. Ive written hundreds of pages of (mostly intelligible) notes/figures and spend countless nights trying to implement what I can so clearly see in my head. Unfortunately I dont have anything concrete yet that would warrant building a team, and its hard to even find people I can discuss my ideas with. I think there ought to be interest in this area in mathematics, philosophy or even linguists though.
  - odyssey7 3y ago
    Would you mind reaching out through a contact method in my profile? The discussion is getting less general so that might be a better avenue.

odyssey7 3y ago

My experience in pursuing this is that I applied to about a dozen on-campus CS grad programs, over the course of two years, noting this research direction, but those applications were all rejected. You would think with the emergence of generative AI that there could be some interest. I suspect the application was of interest, but that universities have a shortage of experts in generative AI, and that a multidisciplinary project like this might be misunderstood within a CS department or would have to be accepted by a very specific advisor who may not exist. The best chance might be to convince investors to help assemble the right team and to provide a viable R&D budget.

andoando 3y ago
Oh wow thats nuts. Did you end up attending grad school for something else? Ive been thinking about applying but I haven't even able to find any departments that do research in this area. There is a huge craze around ML as its producing tangible results and it seems the school of thought is that anything else is wasted time. The closest thing Ive found to my own is Wolframs writings. Seriously I know I seem like a delusional nut but this train of thought has really grabbed me. Ive written hundreds of pages of (mostly intelligible) notes/figures and spend countless nights trying to implement what I can so clearly see in my head. Unfortunately I dont have anything concrete yet that would warrant building a team, and its hard to even find people I can discuss my ideas with. I think there ought to be interest in this area in mathematics, philosophy or even linguists though.
- odyssey7 3y ago
  Would you mind reaching out through a contact method in my profile? The discussion is getting less general so that might be a better avenue.