Don't make this big machine learning mistake: research vs application

It's definitely a great direction to pursue for many businesses since it gives them the ability to deliver tremendous value in a fairly quick and easy way. The demand for machine learning skills is at an all time high. There's a nice comprehensive report done by McKinsey about how AI is shaping industries and where the opportunities are. Hey, we need a machine learning research team really quick! We'll get the best scientists with lots of publications and pay them lots of money so we can get some machine learning in our business.