Machine learning, AI, deep learning. Why are all these a magnet for snake oil salesmen?

Because the real value of this technology is very much present in industry as well as applicable to a wide array of items.

I hate it when people jump on bandwagons, but just like everyone jumped on the zomg a program for everything we can now do this shit with ML in which we can absolutely most definitely automate the fuck out of a lot of things with godlike precision

Because people don't understand it. It slowly achieved legendary magical status thanks to articles like "Googles AI learned to think like a retarded cat!" And other shit like that... Technology that is easentially magic can be sold to fools for millions...

Because magic compy go beep boop alacazammy show me what dressing people like to eat carrots in

That's peanuts! All the snake oil salesman are selling Blockchains these days