[bart_spoon]

I’m in ML and looking to pivot to web dev due to this. My personal view is that ML is in the midst of its own dot-com bubble. There are plenty of valid use cases for ML currently, but on the whole it’s a solution in search of a problem, and a bit of a figurehead at most companies who are at the very least wanting to use ML/AI/data driven in marketing materials. If a serious recession hits, I think a lot of these companies will make the realization these initiatives aren’t worth much to them and cut their losses.

Eventually the field will stabilize in a much healthier place, but only after some dark days.

[rafiki6]

My guess is you haven't worked anywhere where ML is a part of the core product. think e.g. search and recommendations.

[bart_spoon]

I have. But at that job we got the ML system to a very solid state where it simply became a matter of maintenance. That didn’t require a whole lot of time, which meant people started looking for other ways to use ML, unsuccessfully, to justify keeping themselves around.