It can be useful, but the way they frame it is not clear to me. It is an overview and reference, which is indeed very important, but it is not the new paradigm they make it sound like.
Btw, really not a low effort. I have invested time on this. If you can explain how this is more than a survey, please share.
It’s certainly true that much of this stuff has been around a while to those familiar, and I didn’t attempt to frame this article as anything beyond a survey in my original statement. The title is what it is. I’m most interested in hearing perspectives from people who are actually using these methods to do real work, and to hear where the cutting edge actually is these days.
That said, a review like this is still significant to people who are starting out in this field or otherwise not previously familiar, and this is the most recent distillation I’ve seen that is written at a level accessible to a broader science and engineering audience.
Btw, really not a low effort. I have invested time on this. If you can explain how this is more than a survey, please share.