VincentYu comments on Seeking information relevant to deciding whether to try to become an AI researcher and, if so, how. - Less Wrong

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Comment author: VincentYu 11 June 2012 01:52:13PM *  0 points [-]

I'm an undergraduate intern for an AI research project at a US university.

Off-topic, potentially interesting to other undergrads: Do you have information/experience on the competitiveness* of summer research programs (particularly REUs or other formally organized programs) in AI (or CS in general), relative to programs in physics/astronomy and math (or other disciplines)?

(I've found that recent math REUs seem to be substantially more competitive than similar physics/astronomy programs. Obviously, this is a broad observation that should not be applied to individual programs.)

*Competitiveness as in difficulty of being accepted by a program.

Comment author: [deleted] 11 June 2012 02:11:14PM *  2 points [-]

Sorry, no idea. What I'm doing isn't really a formally organized summer research program, I'm just an undergraduate assistant.