Doing a Machine Learning PhD While Working in Japan

(tokyodev.com)

30 points | by pwim 15 hours ago

2 comments

  • rrr_oh_man 1 hour ago
    This sounds SO.MUCH. like the type of hedging academic writing I despise

      Doing a PhD is difficult and isolating, which is exacerbated by being an international student in an unfamiliar country. And so, while I overall very much enjoyed my time there and have freely recommended it to many people, the decision to pursue a PhD in Japan should always be considered carefully.
    
    (Watch https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49879250 why it's bad)
    • LtWorf 54 minutes ago
      If you can't detail why it's bad in any shorter form than a 90 minutes video, perhaps it's not that bad.
  • sashank_1509 1 hour ago
    I would worry more about AI automating your PhD than whether you did it in Japan or EU
    • suddenlybananas 1 hour ago
      What's the point of this comment? Did you even read the article?
      • rrr_oh_man 1 hour ago
        psychosis
        • msdz 59 minutes ago
          No, you don’t get it. The until now completely un-recursive not-self-improving training runs will automate themselves away any day now, and ML PhD’s will become worthless!!