You Don't Need A PhD To Master Machine Learning & Data Science - TOPBOTS

Editor's Note: Many TOPBOTS readers have asked us for advice on learning modern techniques like deep learning and getting jobs in AI. No one knows more about this subject than Rachel Thomas, deep learning researcher and co-founder of Fast.ai. Fast.ai is committed to democratizing practical AI education globally and offers popular MOOCs to get you ramped up fast. Without further ado, I'll let Rachel share her wisdom about starting a career in AI without a machine learning PhD. I was recently asked questions by two readers with diametrically opposed premises: one was excited that machine learning is now "automated" by services like Google Cloud, the other was concerned that machine learning takes too many years of prerequisite study, citing a popular Hacker News thread as his source.