At lot of this has to do with a move away from solid statistical workflows within an already trend prone field. Computer Science departments have only widened t

At lot of this has to do with a move away from solid statistical workflows within an already trend prone field. Computer Science departments have only widened the cultural gap between their work an that of the Statisticians (you know the ones you need around to explain what your model is doing). Hiring for ML/AI sounds better than hiring a bunch of Statisticians which cannot be expected to deliver product.