Xref: utzoo comp.ai:4782 talk.philosophy.misc:2940 soc.college:3850 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ginosko!uunet!apctrc!backus!zdhm06 From: zdhm06@backus.uucp (Donald H. Mitchell) Newsgroups: comp.ai,talk.philosophy.misc,soc.college Subject: Re: Light duty philosophy only? Message-ID: <1048@apctrc.UUCP> Date: 25 Sep 89 18:54:33 GMT References: <45694@bbn.COM> <45934@bbn.COM> <3457@tahiti.cs.glasgow.ac.uk> <45984@bbn.COM> Sender: news@apctrc.UUCP Reply-To: zdhm06@backus.UUCP (Donald H. Mitchell) Organization: Amoco Production Company, Tulsa Research Center Lines: 19 [djoslin@bbn.com wrote about pursuing a Ph.D. in something related to both philosophy and ai; then followed that note with a note saying he met unexpected skepticism about employability if he gets a non-cs degree.] I thought so too when I started my Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology in 1980, but, lo and behold, everyone looks at me funny today when I say I work in AI and have a Ph.D. in Psychology. If you remember, Psychology was a third of the original backbone for AI. It's a tough world out there and university cs departments have more than just AI people. When a non-cs ph.d. shows up, even if the ai people are enlightened, the compiler, operating systems, and ee (if it's an eecs) won't give them the time of day. I mean, a psychologist or philosopher isn't even an engineer! :-) Don Mitchell dmitchell@trc.amoco.com Amoco Production Company (918) 660-4270 Tulsa Research Center P.O. Box 3385, Tulsa, OK 74102