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> There isn't a business too small to benefit from ML/AI. That's not exactly what I'm saying. There are ML problems everywhere, opportunities to create effici
by nkozyra 10y ago
> There isn't a business too small to benefit from ML/AI.
That's not exactly what I'm saying. There are ML problems everywhere, opportunities to create efficiencies, new products, etc. out of existing data and processes. But nobody hires an AI/ML candidate to come in and tell them what to do. Nobody says "we want to dabble in ML somehow but don't have any pressing needs, can you start at $140K?"
Those businesses need to recognize the opportunities first before the market will expand.
- xyzzy123 10y agoYou might be be surprised. Not all of the opportunities are reasonable (or make any kind of sense at all) but if you take a shitty hire at a place with interesting data you can have fun. I can hardly count the number of organisations which now want to project the idea of being "innovative" and are excited to slap the coconut shells over their ears and try waving down planes with a stick. There's still a surprisingly huge number of companies still hiring "blockchain consultants" even though they're rapidly heading into the "despair" phase of the hype cycle. If you're a low cap stock or even a tired brick and mortar, two ML hires and a plausible investor story gives your graph a serious bump. The difference between blockchain bull()$& and ML bull()$& that is the ML could actually have legs. Mostly it'll just tell you stuff that someone who understands market actually knew though.
- nkozyra 10y agoWhile I believe that, it sure sounds like a miserable job for people who actually want to do cool things with data. Hired for show likely means you're still hunting for that problem (which might not exist).