>"Most people in AI forget that the hardest part of building a new AI solution or product is not the AI or algorithms — it’s the data collection and labeling."

>"Most people in AI forget that the hardest part of building a new AI solution or product is not the AI or algorithms — it’s the data collection and labeling." A lot of those companies are styled as "AI" companies themselves, aiming to automate the process of labeling. The main winner here really is Amazon. They get a chunk by serving up infrastructure and in labeling through mechanical turk.