Definitely as a specialty. However, branching in to other tasks is definitely appealing. My main thing would be computer vision to break in to next.
The main thing I'm going for here is "self-funded scientist" . I want to do something commercially viable while solving problems I enjoy doing.
Being that running a company (even a life style one) takes a decent chunk of time. I can't devote the time to other branches of machine learning that I'd like.
That being said, I'll be investing time in the upcoming computer vision class (albeit to maybe finish the material, the certifications can be a good chunk of time)
I think as time moves on I'll move in to other areas, but if I do some kind of project or even just building out something major, I want to at least have a chance of monetizing the technology.
In this case, with NLP there's a breadth of technologies, apps, and ideas that you can do using that as a baseline platform.
Computer Vision is the same way. Admittedly, I'm not as familiar with the different ways of commercializing it as I am NLP.
It's also something I've been wanting to do for a long time.
When Watson debuted, I had wanted to be in the space for a
long time.
We'll see what happens as time goes on.
Right now being able to run something as well as collaborate with some of the smartest people I've ever seen on an open source project has me in a pretty good spot.
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Congrats, you've definitely worked hard to get where you are!
How do you feel about non-NLP tasks? Are you focusing on NLP as a specialty, or using it to branch out into other tasks?
Definitely as a specialty. However, branching in to other tasks is definitely appealing. My main thing would be computer vision to break in to next.
The main thing I'm going for here is "self-funded scientist" . I want to do something commercially viable while solving problems I enjoy doing.
Being that running a company (even a life style one) takes a decent chunk of time. I can't devote the time to other branches of machine learning that I'd like.
That being said, I'll be investing time in the upcoming computer vision class (albeit to maybe finish the material, the certifications can be a good chunk of time)
I think as time moves on I'll move in to other areas, but if I do some kind of project or even just building out something major, I want to at least have a chance of monetizing the technology.
In this case, with NLP there's a breadth of technologies, apps, and ideas that you can do using that as a baseline platform.
Computer Vision is the same way. Admittedly, I'm not as familiar with the different ways of commercializing it as I am NLP.
It's also something I've been wanting to do for a long time.
When Watson debuted, I had wanted to be in the space for a long time.
We'll see what happens as time goes on.
Right now being able to run something as well as collaborate with some of the smartest people I've ever seen on an open source project has me in a pretty good spot.