No job too small? How machine learning will take on everyday business

From a layman's perspective, I approached Nvidia's Deep Learning Institute event with a profound sense of unease. Would I be swept along in a sea of jargon and acronyms, furtively and futilely attempting to navigate the esoteric world of data science? In a Royal Institution lecture theatre populated by Microsoft delegates and Credit Suisse's IT team, would I feel totally and completely alienated by the formidable – not to mention inaccessible – world of deep learning? No, is the short answer to that. The world of deep learning is a complex one, I'll admit, but it's an electrifying one too: a phenomenon that wields innumerable possibilities for the streamlining and advancement of everyday life at home and in business.