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Artificial Intelligence Personal Statement

It has taken some time for me to find the right course to study as my interests expands through many different fields, from Psychology, Philosophy and Economics, to Physics, Computers and Programming. During and after my time in High School I took the chance of trying different subjects and learn not only through academic resources but by life experience through work and travel. It isn’t until pretty recently that I discovered the science of Artificial Intelligence and I truly feel it’s the perfect match for my combined interests.

My interest in computers began pretty early and as my curiosity grew my choice for Upper Secondary School wasn’t difficult at all. During the three years (age 16-18 as it is in Sweden) in a Computer Science and Information Technology school I got the opportunity to explore my main interest even further and truly discover the endless possibilities of Computer Science. Physics and Mathematics also became two of my favourite subjects.

I finished Secondary School in 2005 and even though I wanted to explore computers further I also wanted to learn more about the world and discover other areas of education. I started studying different University modules in several Universities on subjects spanning through, Environmental Ethics, Philosophy, Business Economics and Globalization.

One of my other major interest lie in understanding how people think and react, and trying to understand the patterns of human behaviour. Much of this I learned and explored in the different job opportunities I’ve had where I was responsible to lead and manage different groups of people. This was truly fascinating as the two jobs, as a youth leader in the Swedish Church and an assistant floor manager in a restaurant, are very different yet the human mind remains the same.

By this time I felt the urge to return to my main interest in computers and programming but didn’t want to leave my interest in the human mind behind and so I discovered Artificial Intelligence. With subjects like Neural Networking, Human Computer Interaction and Affective Computing I don’t think I could’ve found a better suited course. I choose to study in the United Kingdom because I know the English language is the future and UK is a far more advanced country in the “new” sciences than Sweden. No Swedish university offer courses in Artificial Intelligence and in my opinion the Swedish Computer Science education is not at a satisfactory level.

I believe that my broad experience in both the areas of Science and Humanities makes me a very suitable student in the science of Artificial Intelligence. I also believe my time gaining work experience and trying different academic subjects allows me to have unique and valuable input to add to the University.

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