#108 – Chris Olah on working at top AI labs without an undergrad degree

Chris Olah has had a fascinating and unconventional career path.<p> Most people who want to pursue a research career feel they need a degree to get taken seriously. But Chris not only doesn't have a PhD, but doesn’t even have an undergraduate degree. After dropping out of university to help defend an acquaintance who was facing bogus criminal charges, Chris started independently working on machine learning research, and eventually got an internship at Google Brain, a leading AI research group.</p><p> In this interview — a follow-up to <b>our episode on his technical work</b> — we discuss what...