Comment by vincenthwt

Thank you for your perspective. As a machine vision engineer in the semiconductor industry, I have seen a lot of hype around deep learning and AI for vision applications. From my experience, deep learning works well for OCR but less so for classification tasks.

I often achieve better results by focusing on good lighting and using classical computer vision techniques.

I agree with your point about the politics of technology adoption. To protect my career, I usually promote hybrid approaches that combine deep learning and traditional computer vision methods. In reality, many deep learning solutions still rely heavily on classical techniques. Your comments on political challenges and decision-making in technology are very relevant to my experience.