Deep Learning Emerging as an Enterprise AI Essential - Datamation

Deep learning, a form of machine learning that mimics the way humans process information by using neural networks, is quickly becoming a go-to tool for businesses interested in artificial intelligence (AI) systems that improve efficiency and enable innovative new business models. In fact, 80 percent of data scientists will include deep learning as part of their AI toolkits by 2018, predicted Gartner. And by 2019, deep learning will be delivering demand, fraud and failure predictions with "best-in-class performance," said the analyst firm in a Sept. 20 announcement. "Deep learning is here to stay and expands ML [machine learning] by allowing intermediate representations of the data," said Alexander Linden, research vice president at Gartner, in prepared remarks. "It ultimately solves complex, data-rich business problems. Deep learning can, for example, give promising results when interpreting medical images in order to diagnose cancer early. It can also help improve the sight of visually impaired people, control self-driving vehicles, or recognize and understand a specific person's speech."