So I have a question. I’m really stoked about the potential of AI. For a number of reasons, I think that robotics—using machine learning systems to run physical robots, and using the data from physically interacting with our world plus the revenue they earn—is the fastest and most certain way to make genuine forward progress in AI. The reasons have to do with the fact that modeling the immediate term physical world is something that you can get by far the greatest accuracy with, that a robotic system produces far cleaner data than any type of passive observer, and I think that higher level thought requires subsystems trained on lower level phenomena.
But if you look at job listings—I am a few months from finishing the OMSCS Master’s in machine learning and have years of embedded systems experience—I rarely see postings for anyone working on these kinds of systems. Where can I get a job in the field?
So I have a question. I’m really stoked about the potential of AI. For a number of reasons, I think that robotics—using machine learning systems to run physical robots, and using the data from physically interacting with our world plus the revenue they earn—is the fastest and most certain way to make genuine forward progress in AI. The reasons have to do with the fact that modeling the immediate term physical world is something that you can get by far the greatest accuracy with, that a robotic system produces far cleaner data than any type of passive observer, and I think that higher level thought requires subsystems trained on lower level phenomena.
But if you look at job listings—I am a few months from finishing the OMSCS Master’s in machine learning and have years of embedded systems experience—I rarely see postings for anyone working on these kinds of systems. Where can I get a job in the field?