Very interesting interview. I like the grain of salt idea.... I also feel that AI answers and solutions come so fast and effortless that I have a hard time to value it.
"I personally want to be a machine learning engineer because I don’t know that the other students that are studying this really care about these decisions, like the humanistic part of it, or how it’s impacting human behavior. Because there’s a lot of people out there that are just for technology for technology’s sake. I’m not one of those people."
Be for real. This same line of thinking can be used to justify serving any evil. "Oh, I personally want to be an ICE agent because idk that other people care as much about immigrants as me. It has nothing to do with the $50k bonus." Nothing is gonna be different in the world by you doing that job besides your bank account getting denser and your linkedin becoming more marketable. Why not just be honest about that
Came back to this article reflecting on my thoughts of the ML and AI industry and found your comment. I was the one that was interviewed and I think that's a fair argument. I actually recently decided to stop pursuing industry positions and am going to grad school (phd programs... bank account is not on track to get denser) to continue my interest in research in this field (likely for the next 4-7 years). I hope that my interest in machine learning (an interest I picked up on not just recently, but in high school (5 years ago) ) doesn't come off as a cash grab to most people - although it did to you. The specific statement you quoted was based on real conversations with people my age and older looking for jobs in ML because it was lucrative, not because they had an academic interest in it. My specific interest in ML, as I stated, is that I find it a dangerous technology that we are carelessly deploying and implementing wherever we can, rather than where we should. Sorry that you felt I was being dishonest. I can assure you I was speaking honestly and with the intention to tell people that work in this field needs more of a skeptical and critical eye.
Very interesting interview. I like the grain of salt idea.... I also feel that AI answers and solutions come so fast and effortless that I have a hard time to value it.
I totally agree!
"I personally want to be a machine learning engineer because I don’t know that the other students that are studying this really care about these decisions, like the humanistic part of it, or how it’s impacting human behavior. Because there’s a lot of people out there that are just for technology for technology’s sake. I’m not one of those people."
Be for real. This same line of thinking can be used to justify serving any evil. "Oh, I personally want to be an ICE agent because idk that other people care as much about immigrants as me. It has nothing to do with the $50k bonus." Nothing is gonna be different in the world by you doing that job besides your bank account getting denser and your linkedin becoming more marketable. Why not just be honest about that
Came back to this article reflecting on my thoughts of the ML and AI industry and found your comment. I was the one that was interviewed and I think that's a fair argument. I actually recently decided to stop pursuing industry positions and am going to grad school (phd programs... bank account is not on track to get denser) to continue my interest in research in this field (likely for the next 4-7 years). I hope that my interest in machine learning (an interest I picked up on not just recently, but in high school (5 years ago) ) doesn't come off as a cash grab to most people - although it did to you. The specific statement you quoted was based on real conversations with people my age and older looking for jobs in ML because it was lucrative, not because they had an academic interest in it. My specific interest in ML, as I stated, is that I find it a dangerous technology that we are carelessly deploying and implementing wherever we can, rather than where we should. Sorry that you felt I was being dishonest. I can assure you I was speaking honestly and with the intention to tell people that work in this field needs more of a skeptical and critical eye.
naw no need to apologize, i was being a dick! hope you find the opportunity to do some good work in the world rhea