csandphilguy

No indication whatsoever...

This sounds pretty important. I'm pretty familiar with DailyNous and Philosophers' Cocoon, but any articles you found particularly valuable there? I'm mostly familiar with stuff like this that describes how dismal the odds of a TT-track job are.

Thanks, folks!! I totally agree with this, @Happybuddha. I'll begin reaching out to folks at UCI LPS and talking to them, among other things, about fit. The program has a tremendous academic placement record, which matters to me, as I want to be an academic. I also wish to keep industry doors open though (I truly think philosophy in AI is applied). @Marcus_Aurelius I'm not fully sure about this myself TBH. I presume brand value matters quite a bit in keeping industry doors open. I don't know how a WashU or UCI would compare. I want to be in an interdiscplinary program, something like LPS/HPS (Stanford's symbolic systems track was my dream program). @Mischief Thanks! Rookie question...what is an "ABD" student? Are they students who are beyond coursework who now just teach and research?

Hey folks, it's decision time and I'm struggling. I applied to a ton of PhD programs this cycle. I ended up with one acceptance (WashU PNP) and three waitlists (UCI LPS, UT Austin, UMass). My AOIs are: the Philosophy (nature and ethics) of Artificial Intelligence and its intersection with Phil of Mind + Cognitive Science. I'm super grateful for these decisions that did go in my favor but I regret not applying for MAs. In hindsight, I was arrogant and felt I had an unreasonably good shot at a T10 PGR school. It's decisions time and I'm not quite sure how to proceed. On the one hand, I feel I could improve my writing sample (by how much I don't know) and reapply, including to MAs which could hopefully be a stepping stone to a T10 school. On the other hand, I know the cycle is getting harder every year and there's never a guarantee. Advice appreciated