Sadly, you are 100% correct. I see the same problems over and over in newly published AI research papers. That said, playing for 1-2 weeks might be a good star

Sadly, you are 100% correct. I see the same problems over and over in newly published AI research papers. That said, playing for 1-2 weeks might be a good start towards getting motivated for learning the difficult and dry theory needed to excel in this field.