Of course. An amateur is someone who does something for the love of it -- rather than someone who is getting paid for it. And while the experts focus on some

Of course. An amateur is someone who does something for the love of it -- rather than someone who is getting paid for it. And while the experts focus on some very narrow algorithm or process and release tools like tensorflow to the public -- somebody with a pile of mac minis in his livingroom will combine those tools in some novel way that the experts would have never considered. Don't discount the possibility of a real breakthrough coming from an amateur. You know, like a patent clerk mulling over physics problems on his own time, or a destitute kid in India doing independent mathematics research. Indeed, that's often where breakthroughs come from: left field.