Should I attempt to do machine learning project without business need

I have an incompetent data science manager and an organization that is very low on data science expertise. They have hired many data scientists and promoted numerous database engineers and analysts to data science roles. Management only wants to hear about how machine learning can save money and refuses to consider the challenges involved. We have a fraud and counterfeit problem. The directive we receive is, "Hey, data scientists and AI experts, we know machine learning can be used for …

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