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Nov 2022
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[RB] Is studying AI in academia a waste ...

FRANCESCO GADALETA
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Companies and other business entities are actively involved in defining data products and applied research every year. Academia has always played a role in creating new methods and solutions/algorithms in the fields of machine learning and artificial intelligence.However, there is doubt about how powerful and effective such research efforts are.Is studying A ... Show More
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