Hello all !
So I have been reading some of the wonderful introductions on this thread and was amazed by the diversity of backgrounds people are from. I thought I would add myself as well on the list !
My name is Abdullah Zeeshan, and I am from Hyderabad, India . I was brought up in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia , where I spent the initial years of my life. Lovely days of the late 90s and early 2000s. I spent most of my childhood creating art , writing calligraphy , gaming on Play Station and the old classic PC (remember that old white box?!), reading comics , and doing Math ! Yeah, you read it write, I loved doing Math back then!
I have just ventured into this world of AI & Deep Learning, which was a dream of mine when I was in my late teens. For some personal reasons, I couldn’t pursue it back then, and now I am in a phase where I want to get back and hopefully succeed at it !
I do not have a clear vision yet of where I want to go and what I want to do specifically. But I am clear on one thing- I want to build some cool AI stuff someday. Now, that might sound like a dream of a six year old, but who cares !
One of the things that inspired me recently (and gave hope) was this talk given by Rachel Thomas.
It was one of those times when I was mindlessly exploring talks/podcasts on YouTube around AI and listening to various advices from practitioners on getting into AI as a beginner.
Rachel’s talk introduced me to the fast.ai course and a little bit of research convinced me that this is a really promising course. Many people who went on to successfully work in AI said that this course was how it all began for them.
I have a deep sense of gratitude for @jeremy and Rachel Thomas for the work they are doing .
So here I am, with a dream to chase , and a simple goal to begin with, which is completing this course .
May all of us cherish in our lives !