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by tw000001 2210 days ago
>. AI has been heavily hyped, but is having a lot of real world failures and is becoming associated with a bunch of fraud

AI, specifically deep learning is far more than self driving cars. The industry is in its infancy and we are building ML solutions for a multitude of industries. You don't hear about any of it because none of it is sexy (or even accessable) to the layman - but rest assured, the industry is growing exponentially (like the research) and we are finding much more in the way of success than the high profile failures of self driving.