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So I’m aware that HES has a wide variety of online options and my understanding (correct me if I’m wrong) is that the program can be completed entirely online. But, here’s the thing, I don’t want to do that. I want to be on campus for my classes, as much as possible. I want to relocate to Boston because I absolutely love that city. I want to be able to build an in-person peer group with my potential classmates.

That’s really the whole reason why I’ve been looking at HES and other programs at Boston-based universities to continue my education. So, to that end, I was looking to see if anyone here had any advice on relocating specifically to attend HES? How did you make it work? What are some things to consider?

Also, for those who do primarily attend class on campus, what’s the culture like? I recall from my undergrad experience there were tons of student organizations that one could get involved with to expand one’s social circle and network. I doubt an institution like HES would be the same as it’s tailored towards working professionals. Everyone’s got entire lives to live outside of school! But I would hope that there’s some level of that and some ways to get involved!

Obviously it’s not possible to say with certainty how we will do something that we haven’t done yet; if we knew exactly how to achieve AGI, we’d be doing it right now. But still, I figure it doesn’t hurt to speculate. And I see a lot of people predicting that AGI is imminent with some saying we’ll see it in the next year. I’ve heard others say that it’s decades away. And, as a layman, I don’t always have the ability to accurately evaluate these conflicting claims. So I figured I’d open up this discussion to see where some of the AGI confidence comes from as it seems like the discourse is pretty well saturated with the more pessimistic arguments.

So what do you think the most likely path for achieving AGI is? Do you think it will be based on the current AI technology we have or will we have to invent entirely new AI architecture first?

Why are you confident in whatever your timeline for AGI is?

And why do you think that the average person today will see their life improve from AGI?