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well that's not "contributing to the field", is just being a developer using libraries. The OP is talking about creating something new, which is like contributi
by genofon 10y ago
well that's not "contributing to the field", is just being a developer using libraries. The OP is talking about creating something new, which is like contributing to physics: quite hard, and requires a lot of knowledge. Maybe you don't need to be a genius (although the field attract quite a bit of them, tough competition) but surely a lot of effort.
- sanderjd 10y agoPersonally, I think the work of creating new solutions to problems by applying ML techniques is a far broader and more interesting arena than creating brand new ML techniques. Whether you're "contributing to the field" by "just being a developer using libraries" depends on what "field" you're taking about: the "field" can be "increasingly intelligent solutions to problems people have", for which successful application of "black box ML" is a very valid contribution. To continue your physics analogy: we need more people taking advantage of our knowledge of physics to engineer things like buildings, machines, and electrical circuits, than we need scientists making fundamental contributions to physics itself. Both things are useful!