As a current CS student who’s getting tired of stressing out over grades, thank you. I think I was starting to have this realization but someone else putting it into words really helped.
This problem has been the basis of my own studies.
I’m studying computer science in an interdisciplinary build-your-own major style program, focusing on AI ethics. I’m not in any position to make these kinds of claims but I do think that, as you’ve mentioned, these issues will only become more serious in the near future.
At first I was a little worried that not having the traditional CS degree on my resume would hinder me from career opportunities but learning about problems within this space has been incredibly inspiring in its own right.
I don't believe that this is true. FL Studio had a bit of a dated 00's design for a while. Cubase, Reason, and Pro Tools were also not flat either. I'm not sure that "always" is accurate.
Maybe it was the friction around plugin deprecation (was it Firefox?) combined with the treadmill of deprecations and transitions to new products; within the past year or two I've had to jump between Safari, Firefox, and Chrome to join a meeting--also requiring a separate plugin install. Over many previous years Zoom worked just fine as a standalone app.
I was actually considering going for a degree in Mathematics instead but majoring in both seems much more appealing. Perhaps even something such as Economics and CS could also be viable?
Also, would a PhD in AI be recommended as well considering the potential it has across multiple fields?
It depends on you and your school. I carried about a semester worth of AP credits so I had an easy time taking all of the courses for both Physics and Math, the overlap between CS and Math was about the same.
As for the PhD, who knows? After four years of undergrad school you could spend 6-9 years in graduate school. A lot can happen between now and then.
