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Also these hiring freezes may be due to covid, not loss of hope in ML. Google's AI residency program seems to be delayed but still going ahead, almost all the o
by joshvm 6y ago
Also these hiring freezes may be due to covid, not loss of hope in ML. Google's AI residency program seems to be delayed but still going ahead, almost all the others were cancelled due to covid logistics (to my knowledge, at least FAIR, MS and Uber).
That doesn't detract from the article's point though - lots more interest in those programs than there are places.
- calebkaiser 6y agoI'd also add that the cuts to ML teams seem to reflect more of a freeze on R&D in general--totally normal in a downturn--and that ML just happens to be a feature in a lot of R&D at this point. Most of these companies have substantial investments in ML that aren't research-focused, they're powering their flagship products. At this point, ETA prediction isn't a speculative experiment for Uber or Google Maps, just like RankBrain, Smart Compose, spam filtering, etc.