Originally I was more interested in ML/DL theory and mech interp, so you can see I was more into theory. Recently, I am also curious and leaning towards learning more about how to build products with foundational models, such as LLM; for instance, recently I got the "LLM's Engineer Handbook [1]".
> If you want to work with ML you likely need the PhD + get lucky.
I do am interested in doing PhD in theoretical computer science, but I'm not too sure about AI PhD as I heard many (not-so-good) things about it.
> If you are interested on it because of AI, it's better to focus on LLMs and more NLP related fields.
Do you have any recomenndations that you have gone through that you think are helpful?
[1]: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/llm-engineers-handbook/...