Comment by cratermoon
5 years ago
Perhaps the reason ML isn't used for socially positive stuff is because it's really not all that good, and while it can be profitable to sell ML tools and skills, the actual benefits to the organizations buying it are marginal. In an era when budgets for socially positive things have been cut to the bare minimums, and schools, libraries, social services, museums, and the visual and musical arts are crumbling, why would they spend a lot of money on something that doesn't work all that well, compared to simpler, cheaper, existing methods?
exactly. Im not saying ML should be used in more places. I'm saying that there's almost never a real need for it, despite how hyped it can be and how cool the math/algorithms are in theory