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Emil's Story as a Self-Taught AI Researcher (2020)


This Humans of Machine Learning interview covers Emil Wallner and his hero’s journey, self-taught approach to education, experience with AI, and path to Google.

I then spent two months colorizing images with neural networks, and finished my internship with a project to translate design mock-ups into HTML. Assuming they can master the art of finding their way into a hiring channel, how can a self-taught applicant increase their chances of getting an offer to work for a big company? The most significant combined increase in the number of AI researchers, education accessibility, and compute resources will likely happen in the coming decade.

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