Doing a Machine Learning PhD While Working in Japan

(tokyodev.com)

25 points | by pwim 15 hours ago ago

6 comments

  • rrr_oh_man an 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 37 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 2 hours ago

    I would worry more about AI automating your PhD than whether you did it in Japan or EU

    • suddenlybananas 2 hours ago

      What's the point of this comment? Did you even read the article?

      • rrr_oh_man an hour ago

        psychosis

        • msdz 41 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!!