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Re:YC AI by jonobelotti on Sunday March 19, 2017 @06:29PM (#13910070)
Besides graduating from your fast.ai course, what were the other qualifications of those Google Brain applicants? I'm imagining they would have, or be in the process of getting, an MA/PHD in non-AI-related area.
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Re:YC AI by jph00 on Sunday March 19, 2017 @07:08PM (#13910339)
No, the person I know who is in the last round is an economics major with no Masters/PhD. She has a very impressive background in industry.

Although a lot of folks in the course do indeed have graduate degrees in other fields (including English Lit, Neuroscience, Radiology, etc...)

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