16.1 Using ML APIs for research: Pros and Cons
- Using platform ML APIs for research
- Google, Amazon, Microsoft, H2O.ai etc. (see Kaggle)
- Pros
- Powerful ML algorithms
- Out of the box ML models
- Combination with data storage
- Cons
- Cost (but, e.g., grants for academics)
- No replicability (algorithm = black box)
- Dependence (e.g., Deplatforming)
- Future viability (think of Yahoo, Myspace)
- Q: What else?