--- title: Medium | daily.dev description: A recent CS graduate shares his motivation for pursuing a PhD in AI and systems research. Having learned software development during the rise of AI coding... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/medium-fasw60203 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Medium | daily.dev og:description: A recent CS graduate shares his motivation for pursuing a PhD in AI and systems research. Having learned software development during the rise of AI coding... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/medium-fasw60203 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fASw60203.png og:image:alt: Medium og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Medium **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A recent CS graduate shares his motivation for pursuing a PhD in AI and systems research. Having learned software development during the rise of AI coding tools, he observed firsthand how tools like ChatGPT and Copilot can confidently produce wrong answers and hallucinate. His research interest lies in bridging AI with formal reasoning methods to improve reliability, security, and trustworthiness. He also reflects on how practical experience with full-stack development, hackathons, and collaborative tools like GitHub and JIRA shaped his skills as a developer and future researcher. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Medium](https://daily.dev/posts/medium-w50pcnoqg) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [AI Skeptic to AI Pragmatist](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-skeptic-to-ai-pragmatist-ayf8wltkl) · Programming Digest · 28 upvotes · 0 comments - [How AI Is Transforming the Role of Software Developers](https://daily.dev/posts/how-ai-is-transforming-the-role-of-software-developers-dbpnwhekr) · C\# Corner · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [AI-coding tools could be breaking the junior engineer pipeline](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-coding-tools-could-be-breaking-the-junior-engineer-pipeline-zw0im56qf) · LeadDev · 3 upvotes · 2 comments --- Tags: [#ai](https://daily.dev/tags/ai) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/medium-fasw60203) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Medium","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/medium-fasw60203","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/medium-fasw60203"},"datePublished":"2026-07-17T15:18:05.542Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T19:51:57.180Z","description":"A recent CS graduate shares his motivation for pursuing a PhD in AI and systems research. Having learned software development during the rise of AI coding...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/2cd51eaf45c2921084f9eb573238f0cb?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/2cd51eaf45c2921084f9eb573238f0cb?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Medium","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Medium","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/medium","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/medium-fasw60203","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Medium","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Medium"}]} ```