What Is Deep Learning?

Deep learning is a subset of machine learning, a branch of artificial intelligence that configures computers to perform tasks through experience. It has become increasingly popular in the past few years, thanks to abundant data and increased computing power. It is the main technology behind many of the applications we use every day, including online language translation, automated face-tagging in social media, smart replies in your email, and the new wave of generative models. Deep learning is a form of machine learning that uses annotated examples to develop its behavior, such as a fraud-detection program that is trained with a list of bank transactions and their eventual outcome.