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Facebook has some of the best researchers in machine learning and deep learning. Which is exactly why some consider it to be a vanity division. All that brain
by akhmatova 5y ago
Facebook has some of the best researchers in machine learning and deep learning.
Which is exactly why some consider it to be a vanity division.
All that brain power devoted to a company nobody (genuinely) respects, and whose sense of vision -- in the current year, 2022 -- teeters between stale and outright delusional.
But hey, if it gets you $300k a year for easy work and resume cred for the kind of job you really want -- go for it.
- cudgy 5y agoMaybe the resume credibility is not what it was once perceived to be. I also find it hard to take Facebook AI seriously and have no reason as of yet to believe it won’t be used for low brow reasons like increasing user addiction to their apps, censorship of user opinions, or increasing advertising engagement. In fact, I am skeptical of AI and ML in general for its effectiveness, purpose, and applications.
- akhmatova 5y agoIn fact, I am skeptical of AI and ML in general for its effectiveness, purpose, and applications. Agreed. It's all about the application and purpose (and the hubris of some of its practitioners), not the theory (or even the demonstrated effectiveness in certain areas). When we see these disconnects at "work", on the ground -- in terms of lack of relevance / applicability to what the business actually needs -- they are sometimes quite startling, in fact.