Alright Veeky Forums, I'm turning 19 in a few days, and I know I want to work in AI, that's a given. I've taken a year out between secondary school and uni (where I'll be studying mathematics and computer science). I know right now, my best course of action would be to make myself a really strong mathematician if I want to stand any chance in the future, but I do also want to become versed in the theory of AI during that time, too. Can you recommend any resources (particularly research papers or blogs. Pop sci books just sell you dreams) that are accessible?
I know it's a very wide field, and is often misunderstood, not least of all by people like me. If it's simply a bad idea right now, it would be nice to know too.
Are there any easy to set up, very basic neural network programs available?
Im thinking like that greentext about the Doom playing AIs
Logan Clark
Not sure if I'd be able to do much OP, but since we both share the same interest I'll share with you what I'm doing. These will all help improve your data science. Also, I recommend you get familiar with Numpy and SciPy (if you choose python, from there you can get into sckit-learn and Tensorflow. However, if you're going with R, then the kaggle link can help) datacamp.com/home dataquest.io/dashboard kaggle.com/learn/overview
Anaconda (if you want to use Python) will help you organize your libraries and what not. Also, i suggest getting Jupyter Notebook as well anaconda.org/
Best of luck to you mate, and just one thing to keep in mind. To learn this stuff will take some major time and dedication. This isn't something you can understand in a matter of hours; so don't give up too early!
Jayden Williams
This is OP. I'm not too sure about the US levels of math, but I've done up to multivariable calculus and partial derivatives, a bit of abstract algebra too (all formally taught)
There probably are, but I've found Veeky Forums to have pretty direct and honest answers to questions like these
Alexander Foster
You beautiful bastard. Will check all of these links. I completely understand, it'll take time like all good things.
