One interesting things- gyms and working out have always been a thing, even with manual labor. What's interesting to me is how our perception of the ideal body changed the more we disconnected aesthetics from physical labor. In ancient Greece and other cultures, the ideal body was leaner, more posterior chain dominant, focused clearly on labor/fighting capability.
Modern aesthetics are bigger, and much more chest/bicep dominant.
What does the aesthetic of the brain look like, as intelligence decouples from labor
This is a good point. Also, something I didn't think about when writing this.
My biggest concern is that the *appearance of intelligence* will become more important than *actual intelligence*. We've seen this with working out as vanity muscles are primarily targeted (as you mentioned) and looking strong has become more important than being strong.
I think we've already seen this process begin with intelligence as made evident by many forms of social media. I'm worried AI will accelerate this progress.
Interesting however would you say in today's market that it's better if you study computer science/SWE or if you get a degree specific to ai&ML keeping in mind that due to ai's constant growth the curriculums can't be up to date
Well if I have to choose between 5 years of computer science and computer engineering or 3 years of machine learning and ai which option would be better considering how engineers with cs skills are becoming more common and in some cases are more valuable than pure cs
It depends what you're more interested in both with regard to the job you want and the years spent learning. I think there's so much crossover between those that it likely won't matter (based on my experience at least). The standout from that set is definitely computer engineering, so if computer engineering is your interest then definitely that route.
Thanks for the mention Logan!
Of course! You’ve become my go-to for weekly roundups. I really appreciate them.
Also feel free to post this and your other updates on the group chat. More people should see this
Will do!
Great work as usual.
One interesting things- gyms and working out have always been a thing, even with manual labor. What's interesting to me is how our perception of the ideal body changed the more we disconnected aesthetics from physical labor. In ancient Greece and other cultures, the ideal body was leaner, more posterior chain dominant, focused clearly on labor/fighting capability.
Modern aesthetics are bigger, and much more chest/bicep dominant.
What does the aesthetic of the brain look like, as intelligence decouples from labor
This is a good point. Also, something I didn't think about when writing this.
My biggest concern is that the *appearance of intelligence* will become more important than *actual intelligence*. We've seen this with working out as vanity muscles are primarily targeted (as you mentioned) and looking strong has become more important than being strong.
I think we've already seen this process begin with intelligence as made evident by many forms of social media. I'm worried AI will accelerate this progress.
Interesting however would you say in today's market that it's better if you study computer science/SWE or if you get a degree specific to ai&ML keeping in mind that due to ai's constant growth the curriculums can't be up to date
CS/SWE for sure but either would be good.
Well if I have to choose between 5 years of computer science and computer engineering or 3 years of machine learning and ai which option would be better considering how engineers with cs skills are becoming more common and in some cases are more valuable than pure cs
It depends what you're more interested in both with regard to the job you want and the years spent learning. I think there's so much crossover between those that it likely won't matter (based on my experience at least). The standout from that set is definitely computer engineering, so if computer engineering is your interest then definitely that route.
Thank you for the advice much appreciated