Re:No Phd, No Problem: New Schemes Teach the Masses to Build AI
by mindcrime on Monday October 29, 2018 @11:49AM
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So yeah, with respect to your distinction of "ML research" and "applied ML". "NO."
Interesting. I don't see anything in the story above that supports that position. There's nothing about the scenario you described that would be affected by having, or not having, a Phd in CS. If anything, as somebody else pointed out, this is more of question of philosophy or ethics.
It's also a pretty niche example, which is not representative of the kinds of things that ML can be used for. If you want somebody who work on pricing optimization or a recommender system for your e-commerce site, you really don't need somebody who's doing cutting edge ML research.
Interesting. I don't see anything in the story above that supports that position. There's nothing about the scenario you described that would be affected by having, or not having, a Phd in CS. If anything, as somebody else pointed out, this is more of question of philosophy or ethics.
It's also a pretty niche example, which is not representative of the kinds of things that ML can be used for. If you want somebody who work on pricing optimization or a recommender system for your e-commerce site, you really don't need somebody who's doing cutting edge ML research.