> There is a lot of machine learning snake oil out there, even in the most prestigious journals. I'm also deep in that industry, and can confirm this is the ca

> There is a lot of machine learning snake oil out there, even in the most prestigious journals. I'm also deep in that industry, and can confirm this is the case. Even for research coming out of the biggest names: FB, Google, etc. The problem of "story over substance" has been observed by many; it even has a name in the context of ML, the "Mummy Effect" [0]. Like you, I'm segueing out of "AI" because of the unfavourable signal-to-noise ratio. Frustrating indeed, but life is too short to try to outcompete pocketless BS generators, or clean up their mess on my dime. [0] https://rare-technologies.com/mummy-effect-bridging-gap-between-academia-industry/#the_mummy_effect https://rare-technologies.com/mummy-effect-bridging-gap-betw...