Mark Cuban on Why You Need to Study Artificial Intelligence
The title is clickbait, but the problem with the religious fervor of machine learning&#x2F;deep learning is that entrepreneurs&#x2F;VC keep arguing that deep learning is magic and can solve any problem if you just stack enough layers. (see also: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;ProgrammerHumor&#x2F;comments&#x2F;5si1f0&#x2F;machine_learning_approaches&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;ProgrammerHumor&#x2F;comments&#x2F;5si1f0&#x2F;mac...</a>)<p>Meanwhile, statistical methods for non-image&#x2F;text data with identifiable features can often work better than neural networks, but they are not as sexy. (Good discussion on HN about this: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=13563892" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=13563892</a>)