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I generally agree that SQL could do alot of what these companies need, and not AI/ML. That said, there is definitely proper use cases for AI/ML and SQL cannot a
by brahmwg 8y ago
I generally agree that SQL could do alot of what these companies need, and not AI/ML. That said, there is definitely proper use cases for AI/ML and SQL cannot address them all. Furthermore, employing AI/ML may not just be to solve whichever problem they are trying to solve, but it may also be used to impress investors and stakeholders through the use of buzzwords; AKA, using AI/ML may be out of FOMO, used not only to address a real business problem but also to show stakeholders that they are keeping up with trends.
Related https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16898827 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16898827
- lvh 8y agoSure! My position is definitely not "ML is useless"! I've written plenty of ML and particularly think the current focus on DL is missing a lot of opportunities for augmented human intelligence (and risk mitigation of systematized bias) with explainable models. As for showing stakeholders they're keeping up with trends: yeah I'd definitely categorize that as regrettable :-)
- g10r 8y agoWell, one reason to "keep up with trends" is because if your direct competitor does use ML to unveil some market/product/business opportunity or optimization, and you (executive/CIO/CEO) weren't at the least looking into the technology, heads are going to roll.
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