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Re:Acquisitions accelerate as tech giants seek to build AI s... by blazespin on Sunday May 28, 2017 @11:12PM (#14437172)
These are aquihires, teams that have gelled and accomplished things. Generally don't find them in universities. And why do you assume they're not filled with a lot of stats phds?
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Re:Acquisitions accelerate as tech giants seek to build AI s... by graycat on Monday May 29, 2017 @02:22AM (#14437687)
If only because there aren't many Ph.D.s in statistics with good pure/applied math backgrounds. Likely the biggest supply is for bio-statistics.
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