Learning AI/ML: Is University the best place to do it?

With many teaching resources available online, including reputable Machine Learning courses like the one on Coursera, people might be tempted to think that they can learn AI/ML by themselves, and they do not need a university degree to become a professional. Is it really the case? In this discussion with faculty members from UK and US we will try to find this out.


Resources

Lee Stott

Lee Stott

Principal Program Manager, Academic Ecosystem, Microsoft

Ajit Jaokar

Ajit Jaokar

Course Director - Artificial Intelligence, University of Oxford

Anandha Gopalan

Anandha Gopalan

Principal Teaching Fellow, Department of Computing, Imperial College London

Noah Gift

Noah Gift

Lecturer, Graduate Data Science Program, UC Berkeley

Ayse  Mutlu

Ayse Mutlu

Lead AI Tutor, University of Oxford

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