Chem. Eng. here. Working in Petroleum.
I can't stop watching Elon Musk talks and future Artificial intelligence. I think software and things like that will be very important to me and wondering what kind of software/programming/coding I should learn to be better at all of that.
I'm even considering switching into software engineering.
Can we talk about the future of robots and the impact tey will have on all of our lives?
don't switch, you will be happier with the money you'll soon be making than you would competing with Ranjeev and Cho
I want to learn coding in my spare time. This shit is amazing.
First step: stop calling it coding
Read your SICP and stop trying to predict the future.
Programming, it is called programming.
people who have been coding since they were 14 and spent countless hours every day on it for 15 years will be the ones coding AI while you would start from scratch and struggle to get an internship in your new field
to accelerate faster you are better off advancing in your current field, looking into the applications of software in it and starting your own business
I still wouldn't mind having a good general knowledge of it. Honestly, there is a lot of software in chemical. I know about a year of C++, but I don't understand programming really.
unfortunately, as ai surpasses or becomes indistinguishable from humans in certain areas, it gives an enormous advantage to those who posses it.
If you cannot code, in 10 years you will be obsolete
organizations with undemocratic interests can easily apply ai to overcome the will of the people.