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Wow good write up, i just made it a few paragraphs in but had to comment. especially after just reading thru the IBM watson 'AI' bullshizz, this is refreshing a

• AndrewKemendo 8y ago
  In fact the majority of people who actually do ML/DL or Applied AI in other forms think this way by default. As usual, Ben Evans backs into the standard understanding from the experts in the field as though it's revelation.
  • benedictevans 8y ago
    That's the point - to explain how people in the field are thinking about this stuff. Most people outside SV don't know what the experts in the field are saying. Indeed, many people in SV don't know this ;) If you already know all of this, you're not the target audience.
    • AndrewKemendo 8y ago
      That's fair enough. It's a running joke with applied ML people that half of your job, if you have any sense of professionalism, is convincing possible clients that no, they probably don't need to use a 41 layer DNN to send a follow up email.
      • benedictevans 8y ago
        A database consultant once told me that half his gigs were telling people with a database to use Excel
        • boxy310 8y ago
          Funny - half of my experiences talking with nonprofits were telling people with an Access database to migrate to a proper SQL database.
    • adw 8y ago
      It's exactly the kind of thing I want to share with non-technical decision makers (as a practitioner).