Why software engineering processes and tools don't work for machine learning - KDnuggets

"AI is the new electricity." At least, that's what Andrew Ng suggested at this year's Amazon re:MARS conference. In his keynote address, Ng discussed the rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) -- its steady march into industry after industry; the unrelenting presence of AI breakthroughs, technologies, or fears in the headlines each day; the tremendous amount of investment, both from established enterprises seeking to modernize (see: Sony, a couple of weeks ago) as well as from venture investors parachuting into the market riding a wave of AI-focused founders. "AI is the next big transformation," Ng insists, and we're watching the transformation unfold. While AI may be the new electricity (and as a Data Scientist at Comet, I don't need much convincing), significant challenges remain for the field to realize this potential.