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Re: Artificial Intelligence Graduate Certificate

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Post by visarga »

ktta wrote: post #30
melling wrote: post #24

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I noticed that Andrew's course is still available. https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning Is it still a good introduction to machine learning? It's several years old now. Are there better courses available?

That course is a very good basic machine learning course. It has many of the stepping stones to complex machine learning problems, no matter which specific field. So yes, it is a good intro to machine learning. There are new advances coming up all the time. But you will definitely need to know most of the topics in that course. That is, if you want to properly understand most of the latest techniques.

It also works great psychologically - concretely, Andrew is capable of inspiring enthusiasm and confidence.

Re: Artificial Intelligence Graduate Certificate

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Post by [deleted] »

jayajay wrote: post #38
richard___ wrote: post #35

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According to another HN thread this is actually not true. Only having a certificate, without CS/AI undergrad, makes it almost impossible to get a job. You need Masters at least for most positions, some engineering positions you can get in with Undergrad in CS and taking the right AI courses.

Do people in the tech industry find any more value in physics/math undergrads than CS? CS is not as rigorous. I always thought that physics/math undergrad + ML certificate might be just as competitive as a masters in ML coming from a non-relevant BS

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Re: Artificial Intelligence Graduate Certificate

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Post by jupiter90000 »

dliv wrote: post #36
ganeshkrishnan wrote: post #21

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ML/AI is very new field. I heard someone say "AI is like teenage sex. Everyone is talking about it but no one is sure how to do it" So for jobs, ML/AI is pretty much an even field unless there are niche research jobs which only requires Phd gradudates

It's quoted on the neural-redis README[1] and attributed to Mike Townsend[2]. [1] https://github.com/antirez/neural-redis [2] https://twitter.com/Mikettownsend/status/780453119238955008

And before that it was being used for big data.

http://techcitynews.com/2014/08/07/big-data-is-a-lot-like-te...

Re: Artificial Intelligence Graduate Certificate

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Post by jupiter90000 »

sharps_xp wrote: post #7

Are ML/AI certificate holders competing for the same jobs as ML/AI PhD graduates? I have a list of follow up questions to this but it seems like there's a lot of hype for ML/AI/DeepLearning but no definitive way to track this new job market. These online programs, although more accessible, are doing the same thing as their physical campus counter part and not being transparent about what to expect after finishing the…

The certificate holders may be competing for the same jobs, though I really doubt they'd get one over PhD candidates unless there was something they had done substantially at least as interesting as an ML/AI PhD holder, or I guess if the company absolutely can't find anyone with higher qualifications.

And I think what I perceive as your doubts as to landing a job with one of these are probably founded. This is a way for the university to make a bunch of cash. As long as that happens, whether students get a related job or not is not important to the university except to help with marketing to prospects.

Re: Artificial Intelligence Graduate Certificate

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Post by kahnjw »

poikniok wrote: post #32
ChuckMcM wrote: post #16

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Wow tough call. The certificate would represent a baseline of understanding which can be then further trained, a good publication history in NIPS/ICML Etc. would represent a solid contribution to the field. I would not be surprised if those were, to a first approximation, equivalent.

This has to be sarcasm right?

Clearly

Re: Artificial Intelligence Graduate Certificate

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Post by maerF0x0 »

ClearAsMud wrote: post #28

Anyone have suggestions on alternative programs that are less expensive, online, and self-paced? 40+ IT guy trying to stay relevant.

My advice, start with the free stuff. If you complete it then consider a paid thing. The completion rates of online courses is super low. I take this to mean people don't really want to do it.

Re: Artificial Intelligence Graduate Certificate

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Post by davidwihl »

torinmr wrote: post #31
zxcvvcxz wrote: post #5

How do people in industry generally view these types of certificate programs? Is it markedly "worse" than doing e.g. a Master's on campus? Also - is this closer to a Master's level program or part of an undergraduate curriculum?

The courses are identical to the courses one would take if they were getting their Master's at Stanford - the only difference is that only four classes are required, while a Master's requires about 15. I'm enrolled in Stanford's CS Master's program right now through the Honors Cooperative Program (which lets you get a Master's online while working in industry), and I'm currently planning on doing a dual specializatio…

Did you take the courses online or on campus? Did you feel like a "regular student" or "divided but equal"? Did you look at alternatives like Harvard Extension ALM in Software Engineering?

Re: Artificial Intelligence Graduate Certificate

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Post by mwambua »

visarga wrote: post #41
ktta wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That course is a very good basic machine learning course. It has many of the stepping stones to complex machine learning problems, no matter which specific field. So yes, it is a good intro to machine learning. There are new advances coming up all the time. But you will definitely need to know most of the topics in that course. That is, if you want to properly understand most of the latest techniques.

It also works great psychologically - concretely, Andrew is capable of inspiring enthusiasm and confidence.

I see what you did there. :)

Someone even made a drinking game out of it: https://www.reddit.com/r/mlclass/comments/lvxuz/mlclass_drin...

Re: Artificial Intelligence Graduate Certificate

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Post by cageface »

sharps_xp wrote: post #7

Are ML/AI certificate holders competing for the same jobs as ML/AI PhD graduates? I have a list of follow up questions to this but it seems like there's a lot of hype for ML/AI/DeepLearning but no definitive way to track this new job market. These online programs, although more accessible, are doing the same thing as their physical campus counter part and not being transparent about what to expect after finishing the…

Admittedly it's been a few years since I considered getting into this field but the last time I checked there weren't that many positions available and most of them required graduate degrees from good schools. Seems that even companies with a significant ML emphasis employ a lot fewer ML specialists than nuts & bolts coders.
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