For the unfamiliar, AutoML existed before Google named their project after that particular subfield of machine learning. AutoML is the name of an active area of

For the unfamiliar, AutoML existed before Google named their project after that particular subfield of machine learning. AutoML is the name of an active area of academic research, which has been gaining traction over the last few years. This year they had a workshop collocated with ICML, and there have been other submissions to ICML, JMLR, and NIPS (some of the top machine learning conferences / journals). It rubs me the wrong way that Google used the same name as the subfield, but maybe I'm just grumpy and these negative feelings are misplaced. I don't know. Edit: also, the hype machine is at full steam with that title.