Want to agree with you, as so many ML apps seem to be solutions looking for problems. But I actually feel that we are rapidly deploying ML in a development cont

Want to agree with you, as so many ML apps seem to be solutions looking for problems. But I actually feel that we are rapidly deploying ML in a development context for vastly improved results. The way that good models are built relies on many ML steps, and when the results finally come together the result is superior to what could have been custom designed. Broad adoption of something like probabilistic programming is coming soon.