Subject:
Im Confused (No university in my home country majors in Artificial Intelligence and I am crying out)
Author:
anonymous
Date:
6/12/2002
Hi there,
I am so confused. Sometimes I dont know where to start.
I would hope that someone online here could shine a bit of light on my life.
I am a first year student at Massey University New Zealand studying Physics and Mathematics. My main major is Artificial Intelligence but there is no major for A.I here in New Zealand at any of the universities.
One of my problems is that I have difficulty finding ways on how to master A.I in such a way that it wont clash with my subjects and my life in general. The other problem is that I really want to do Artificial Intelligence now and not later.
I thought I would broadcast this message online because ive hadn't much luck from my university as they don't know where I could start. They did however say for me to do the Introductory A.I paper offered in third year.
I could do this but it would require me to have completed two papers as a prerequiste for that A.I paper this means a year before the Introductory A.I paper. The introductory A.I paper is hopeless. It doesn't even teach Neural Networks. Only one A.I paper is taught in this university and that is it.
I am in exams at the moment and things are going ok. Soon i'll have to enroll for my next semester papers and Im not too sure where or what I should be doing.Maximum of four papers are only required. They can range only from the following:
Calculus I
Computer Science Fundamentals
Digital Electronics
Engineering Fundamentals
Physics I(b)
I have from time to time thought about doing only three papers per semester which would still be good until I have mastered Artificial Intelligence. But then this would take my four year degree into possibly five years.
The four year degree is a mixture of Engineering and Physics.
Because my Artificial intelligence means alot to me I am willing to sacrifice some good papers. But to know whether I have made the right choice is a different matter.
My family have no knowledge on A.I and there are no companies here in New Zealand which focuses on A.I.
I have looked into studying at Edinburgh University with their undergraduate degrees in Artificial Intelligence but I do not have loads of money to study nor survive there.
I am trying to find ways to get to USA or UK and pay the cheap rates like what a Citizen would pay. I am a poor student very poor, not from a wealthy family.
I am joining up at the gym next semester to lift weights hopefully to attract some sexy women. I haven't had a gf in three years. So this is another one of my tasks next semester.
I have also thought of being a stripper or a Deuce Giggalo to pay for my study and surviving but haven't met any male students successful in this area.
Anyhow back to A.I
I will also be trying for scholarships around USA and UK. Have anyone had many luck with scholarships in terms of A.I degrees or applying with only A.I papers??
Anyhow, this is what I have thought of at the moment:
1. Go to the library
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