webbitor

I'm very interested in AI, and somewhat disappointed in how far the field has (not) progressed since my childhood reading of Asimov stories.

I would like to contribute to the field, but probably won't be going back to school to study it academically. Partly because of my life situation, but also because I feel like most or all of the research and theories thus far seem pointed in directions unlikely to achieve general AI. I am concerned that by studying existing research more than surface deep, I can only "taint" my mind with unworkable ideas.

Is this a silly fear? What do you suggest for someone who wants to work toward general AI without getting stuck in some niche like machine vision or bayesian character recognition?

Can you give an idea of how the ludobots course works, what prerequisites it has, and what the end-of-course opportunities are?

I don't have sound, so the video didn't help much.

Just read that, pretty funny and insightful.