Is Deep Learning The Big Bang Moment For AI?

It could be argued that Geoffrey Hinton's recent success with neural networks is the Big Bang moment for artificial intelligence. Deep learning has enabled today's AI systems to beat Go world champions and translate data into innovation for industries like finance and energy. But the field still struggles in areas requiring broader intelligence, and the question remains whether a series of incremental innovations to the current foundation will lead AI to a new level of sophistication -- one that can outpace human ingenuity. Today, the AI research agenda is focused on deep learning, which processes large data sets to solve narrow and specific tasks at hand. Deep neural networks can learn complex functions to solve intricate problems but only within certain parameters.