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by proverbialbunny 2259 days ago
Usually, but I've seen the opposite too.

Sometimes a young startup wants to advertise to the board, and they want you to make a presentation. I've made the mistake of showing near 100% accuracy solving a difficult problem important to the business, and expecting a strong positive result.

Instead I got a, "But, are we using deep neural networks?" type comments.

Sometimes a company just wants to market, be it to customers, or to the board. It's important to know your audience.