<p>Based on the following precedents: </p>

<p><a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/40808/is-a-strong-background-in-maths-a-total-requisite-for-ml">Is a strong background in maths a total requisite for ML?</a></p>

<p><a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/68793/what-math-subjects-would-you-suggest-to-prepare-for-data-mining-and-machine-lear?noredirect=1&amp;lq=1">What math subjects would you suggest to prepare for data mining and machine learning?</a></p>

<p><a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/27495/having-a-job-in-data-mining-without-a-phd?rq=1">Having a job in data-mining without a PhD</a></p>

<p><a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/5026/what-is-the-difference-between-data-mining-statistics-machine-learning-and-ai?rq=1">What is the difference between data mining, statistics, machine learning and AI?</a></p>

<p><a href="https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/109210/what-is-the-daily-job-routine-of-the-machine-learning-scientist?rq=1">What is the daily job routine of the machine learning scientist?</a> </p>

<p>The question in the OP should remain open as well. </p>

<p>The above linked questions are not just cases of opinion based questions that slipped through the net. All are highly upvoted, so presumably that's an indication that the community as a whole approves - and isn't SE supposed to be essentially democratic? </p>
