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Don’t you think it’s absurd that most university IT researchers are focusing on AI and machine learning?
Nearly all breakthroughs in AI are not coming from university research. Regardless, it is not right for so many to jump on AI/ML research.
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Today, I had a conversation with my classmate, who is now a Computer Science Professor at the university (China) I attended. He said that nearly all research topics there, including him and other lecturers, are focused on AI and machine learning. His son is currently pursuing a PhD at another university, whose research topic is also Machine Learning. I think suddenly such an intense focus on AI research at universities is absurd.
I was not surprised to hear that though. When Courtney, my daughter, chose her thesis project for her honours degree (in Australia) ~2 years ago, over 80% of the options (I saw the list) offered by lecturers were focused on AI or machine learning. When studying the AI & machine learning courses, Courtney didn’t find the content interesting or practically useful (due to the knowledge of lecturers. I could tell from the assignments as I taught at Uni before), so she decided to propose her own topic (Mobile Test Automation) and find a…
