Don’t buy the elixir of youth: Machine learning is not magic

If someone told you they had a magic elixir that would heal all your illnesses or injuries, and make you young again, would you believe them? No matter how medieval this marketing trick might sound, it is still in use, even in the data-driven 21st century.

Nowadays, it’s not street vendors selling the elixir of youth anymore. They have been replaced by an array of “post-truth” cybersecurity companies offering mysterious artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).

Don’t buy the elixir of youth: Machine learning is not magic