Friendly AI is to real-life AI R&D as telepathic contact with aliens from Zeta Reticuli is to real-life spaceflight R&D. I wouldn’t waste your time on that stuff. (Yes, I’m aware this is going to get downvotes from the faithful.)
Computational linguistics and machine learning is a good combination, substantial chance of producing something useful and a good background even if you decide to switch to something else later; the tools and concepts you’ll learn will be useful in quite a few interesting domains. I recommend going ahead with that.
He isn’t “preemptively dismissing those who disagree with [him] as ‘the faithful.’” He is saying that the faithful will down vote him without commenting on what the non-faithful will do.
Friendly AI is to real-life AI R&D as telepathic contact with aliens from Zeta Reticuli is to real-life spaceflight R&D. I wouldn’t waste your time on that stuff. (Yes, I’m aware this is going to get downvotes from the faithful.)
Computational linguistics and machine learning is a good combination, substantial chance of producing something useful and a good background even if you decide to switch to something else later; the tools and concepts you’ll learn will be useful in quite a few interesting domains. I recommend going ahead with that.
You got a downvote from me for preemptively dismissing those who disagree with you as “the faithful”.
He isn’t “preemptively dismissing those who disagree with [him] as ‘the faithful.’” He is saying that the faithful will down vote him without commenting on what the non-faithful will do.
Yes he is.
Although this is literally true.
Another downvote specifically for this comment. It is overtly (albeit mildly) antisocial.