You Cannot Serve Two Masters: The Harms of Dual Affiliation
When I took computer science in 1999-2003, the best professors had rather significant industry experience. The worst professors were completely clueless because they never worked with a large computer program in their life.<p>I would have been thrilled if my freshman and sophomore computer science classes were taught by guest &quot;professors&quot; who had legitimate careers, and occasionally took the time to teach a class. I&#x27;m sure their feedback to my department would have been extremely valuable, because, at the time, every class was some professor&#x27;s half-baked experiment on teaching computer science.<p>Now, almost 20 years later, I&#x27;d really enjoy the opportunity to take a school&#x27;s almost complete syllabus, and teach it to students.<p>How does this apply to Artificial Intelligence? I&#x27;m sure there are lots of unwritten lessons from industry that haven&#x27;t make their way back into academia.