While challenging, joining a research lab like Microsoft Research, Deepmind, OpenAI, or Google Brain could have you achieve both simultaneously.
On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 4:41 PM Angel Arturo Ramirez Suárez < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi fellow researcher here. I think first of all that one doesn't need to > know all of the relevant parts from Neuroscience, Psychology, Machine > Learning, Philosophy and CS because usually research is built through teams > and connections. The width and breadth of human knowledge is such that it's > almost impossible to get an expect, especially in an area as complex as AGI. > > I'd very much love to know your ideas on how Academia could be > revolutionized. I'm also trying to get into AGI but sadly there're no > research centers where I live. I think you need to get a position in a > research center if you hope to focus full time on it and get money to pay > the bills. For that a masters may not be enough and you need to aim for a > doctorate at the very least in a related research field such as computer > science or neurology. > > On Thursday, 25 June 2020 10:24:54 UTC-5, Shubhamkar Ayare wrote: >> >> Hi! >> >> This isn't very much about OpenCog as much as pursuing AGI in general. >> And I don't know of a better place to seek advice on this. >> >> I'm, currently, a third year (entering fourth year) undergrad student >> majoring in Computer Science. For long, I've been interested in AGI, and >> some time last year, I had decided that I'll focus on financial >> independence first until the age of 30-35 and then work full-time on AGI. >> In recent days, I'm considering to revise that decision - in my limited >> understanding, constructing AGI needs at least one person to have a >> broad yet deep background. Cognitive Science seems to provide the breadth. >> Plus, if previously, I had about 30 years of my life to work on AGI, I get >> 10 more years by pursuing a relevant Masters. >> >> So, my doubts are the following - >> >> - Can an AGI be made without there existing a single person knowing the >> relevant parts from Neuroscience, Psychology, Machine Learning, Philosophy >> - and perhaps some more relevant parts from Computer Science? I'd guess >> this question is impossible to answer, since we don't have an AGI yet; but >> from the perspective of how teams work - does it become necessary for at >> least one person to know the relevant parts from the various fields, so as >> to be able to coordinate the team's efforts? I myself don't have much (any >> perhaps) experience with leading teams; and hence, I wanted to seek >> experienced opinions. In essence, is the "broad yet deep" background too >> much to aim for? >> >> - Are there any opinions about whether a Masters in Cognitive Science is >> worthwhile, or would I be better off pursuing the Masters in something more >> specific? >> >> - In case I'm better off pursuing the Masters in something else, is it >> feasible to just do it from online courses? I've a strong bias towards >> online self-directed learning - and I want to learn things without being >> much involved in the research itself. For instance, I am learning machine >> learning, but I do not want to invest myself in ML research. I'm also not >> very convinced by the way academia exists today in the age of internet, and >> think it can be improved. This goes off on a tangent though. For >> self-learning AGI itself, there exist a ton of resources at >> agi-society.org <http://www.agi-society.org/resources/> (the links seem >> broken in recent days though; internet-archive helps); but I'd be very >> dubious if studying that would help me pay my bills. >> >> Any input would be highly appreciated. >> Thank you! >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "opencog" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/opencog/99390c9b-d810-45e5-be0d-687738acb1d6o%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/opencog/99390c9b-d810-45e5-be0d-687738acb1d6o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "opencog" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/opencog/CACZeSdbH_8OpXt9OncewJoRAR%2BT0t6ViSUVz8wPXXHGzHUJYwA%40mail.gmail.com.
