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I think you're on point except for cynicism in your last paragraph. Machine learning came from genuinely novel research into ai. Over time the connections betwe

I think you're on point except for cynicism in your last paragraph. Machine learning came from genuinely novel research into ai. Over time the connections between ml and statistics became apparent, ml tightened up it's statistical rigour, stats took on some new techniques, and data science was born. I'm sure some have played the machine learning card cynically, as with any buzzword, but don't throw out baby with bathwater.

thousandautumns 8y ago
I absolutely am not disparaging the actual research in machine learning borne from academics studying CS and AI. Rather, I'm referring to the seemingly recent trend by people to insist on severing all ties between statistics and machine learning. And it consistently seems to be made in articles like the one above written by authors who almost seem happy to insist they know nothing, and need to know nothing, regarding statistics. Perhaps I am being too cynical, but its hard not to see ulterior motives given the ridiculous amounts of hype regarding machine learning, the innumerable boot camps, and to-be data science influencers.