I supposed my original message might come off as anti-intellectualism towards ML research. This is personal but I think AI research* has become incredibly over-

I supposed my original message might come off as anti-intellectualism towards ML research. This is personal but I think AI research* has become incredibly over-hyped, so for me reading about contributions to other fields is something more exciting now. *referring mostly to applied disciplines. I cannot speak for theoretical ML research as I have not looked into it in depth.