[mod.ai] ADVICE ON ENTERING THE AI COMMUNITY

PADIN@FNALB.BITNET (09/12/86)

        As a newcomer to the AI arena, I am compelled to ask some
fundamentally novice (and,as such,sometimes ridiculous) sounding
questions.  Nonetheless, here goes.

        If one were to attempt to enter the AI field, what are the
   basic requirements; what are some special requirements?
   With a BS im physics, is further schooling mandatory? Are there
   particular schools which I should consider or ones I should
   avoid?  Are there books which I MUST read!!? As a 29 year old
   with a Math and Physics background, am I hopelessly over-the-hill
   for such musings to become a reality? Are there questions which I
   should be asking?

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                        PADIN@FNALB.BITNET