Research grants for AGI are very hard to come by in the US, and from what I hear, elsewhere in the world also
So, as a prof, you would probably be faced with the choice of -- getting no research grants, or struggling to get small ones versus -- getting moderate sized research grants for work peripherally related to AGI HOWEVER, I do think there are several major plusses to getting a PHD 1) You can get paid to spend 1/2 your time doing AGI research (the rest on teaching or committeework or non-AGI research) 2) In every context you enter into, your AGI ideas will be taken more seriously than otherwise 3) You will learn how to communicate your ideas in a manner more acceptable to the mainstream of academia & industry 4) If you study in a decent department, you'll have lots of interesting conversations with smart researchers, and get a lot of different perspectives into your head -- ben g On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 7:17 PM, YKY (Yan King Yin) < generic.intellige...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Depends how much time your thesis supervisor has gotten you writing > > grant applications during your third year ;) > > Generally speaking, if the $$ amount of research grants is bigger > than, say, investing my tuition fees on some business projects, then > it seems that the PhD is worth it (in terms of $$)...? > > > ------------------------------------------- > agi > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > -- Ben Goertzel, PhD CEO, Novamente LLC and Biomind LLC Director of Research, SIAI b...@goertzel.org "I intend to live forever, or die trying." -- Groucho Marx ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=123753653-47f84b Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
