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		Waterluvian on Dec 31, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Engineers from non-CS background, how did ... Naive question. Is ML/AI the "real deal" and here to stay, or is it still kind of just the hype du jour? Or put another way: are there plenty of problems where ML/AI are valid tools or are they largely cool tech looking for problems to fit into?

minimaxir on Dec 31, 2018 | [–]

ML/AI is here to stay, but currently the marketing and potential impact of ML/AI is a bit exaggerated.

ddebernardy on Dec 31, 2018 | [–]

There's some hype, but there's also good reason to be wary if you're occupying a job that can be automated in the short- or mid-term.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU

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