(And no, a doctorate degree in almost any other technical field, including ML these days, does not convey a comparable level of general technical skill to a physics PhD.)
High variance. A lot of mathematics programs allow one to specialize in fairly narrow subjects IIUC, which does not convey a lot of general technical skill. I’m sure there are some physics programs which are relatively narrow, but my impression is that physics programs typically force one to cover a pretty wide volume of material.
Mathematics?
High variance. A lot of mathematics programs allow one to specialize in fairly narrow subjects IIUC, which does not convey a lot of general technical skill. I’m sure there are some physics programs which are relatively narrow, but my impression is that physics programs typically force one to cover a pretty wide volume of material.