I would say the industry definitely has its own hype. And honestly, I think the news media is a trailing indicator on that hype. For example, there's already a

I would say the industry definitely has its own hype. And honestly, I think the news media is a trailing indicator on that hype. For example, there's already an ongoing replication crisis that's been ongoing for several years with ML papers in computer science. I've spoken with people in the industry who have even speculated that there's straight-up academic fraud taking place. If you get a splashy, sexy finding you can get scooped up by a FAANG-like company with a fat salary before anyone gives your work a second look.