Can you do data science without statistics knowledge?

Can you do data science without statistics knowledge? With automation in machine learning the field opens up and one may ask whether we need stats skills in the future

The world of automated machine learning

Today, if you want to be a data scientist there are countless courses promising quick entrance to the field of data. For sure, nobody believes that one can learn in a matter of weeks the ins and outs of a complex field that requires hard skills in math/stats, software engineering, and soft skills in R&D development. Yet, because of automation it seems sensible to train machine learning technicians: people with knowledge of the tools and APIs that unleash the power of data analytics. because of automation it seems sensible to train machine learning technicians In fact, I’m also trying to use such tools as much as possible. The reason is that implementing any of these methods yourself is usually pointless and prone to bugs.

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