/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.11553967]

Are math-based(but which also require implementation) research positions in the industrial AI field a meme or do they exist? Will they last? Are they a viable career path for a wannane mathematical physicist interested in AI and computation?

[Anonymous No.11553976]

>>11553967
To be honest I don't think so.
That's because "AI research" a lot of time comes down to trying to being hardware and software together and talk with vendors etc., in practice.

A lot of algorithms and networks and whatnot are there, it's just that it's no feasible to run it on slow energy consuming hardware.

Of course, if you find a billionaire hobbyist who gives you a super-computer and says "hey, build me true general intelligence," then you might end up doing stuff that's not just cog in the machine stuff.
But in practice, I'd say, "machine learning" atm is plaguing oneself tuning a system so that, when hooked to a AAA battery, would not drain it in 5 minutes. Or, on a desktop, is fast enough.
Can be fune if you like to tune shit for a living, though, but it's not "math."

Not like obscure Banach spaces to solve niche differential equations kind of Terry Tao math.

[Anonymous No.11553980]

>>11553976
What about theoretical deep learning research/explainability?

[Anonymous No.11554543]

>>11553967
Where I live I've seen industrial Phd positions in AI/Computer Vision from the automotive industry. Might not be as mathematical as you'd like though.