ML/AI is gaining traction, but actually not a lot of solutions are being deployed in production, especially in corporations. In startups sure, because very often the main product is AI-based, but I have serious doubts whether regular corporations will continue investing in machine learning engineers. There is still enthusiasm, but not a lot of successful stories, both in CV and NLP (https://medium.com/tooploox-ai/how-to-optimize-your-operations-with-ai-nlp-d3180f2670e3).