The post talks a lot about how MOOCs can be sufficient education for AI/data science; I disagree with that approach since although MOOCs can teach people the concepts, they don't teach people the soft skills behind the tech, which is much harder and a major bottleneck to using it practically (full blog post on the subject: https://minimaxir.com/2018/10/data-science-protips/)
That's not even considering getting employment in a relevant position, which is much harder than it was in 2016 due to increased competition, and the requirement for Masters/PhD nowadays (https://towardsdatascience.com/the-economics-of-getting-hire...).
That's not even considering getting employment in a relevant position, which is much harder than it was in 2016 due to increased competition, and the requirement for Masters/PhD nowadays (https://towardsdatascience.com/the-economics-of-getting-hire...).