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One interesting aspect to this is that most companies focused on AI are chasing the same research talent, which is indeed rare. But sometimes AI research is not
by vonnik 9y ago
One interesting aspect to this is that most companies focused on AI are chasing the same research talent, which is indeed rare. But sometimes AI research is not the most important skillset, especially when applying something like deep learning to the problems that a business faces. There are many software engineers capable of understanding the math behind deep learning, and piecing together the parts for ETL, training and inference.
Full disclosure: I was quoted in this article.
- 0xbear 9y agoAn average high schooler is able to understand the math involved in DL, but not even the leading researchers can explain why certain things work better than others, let alone predict what will work better.
- Q6T46nT668w6i3m 9y agoWell said. In my experience, model interpretation is an undervalued skill. In most environments you need models that are both accurate and interpretable.