Deep Neural Networks: When, and When Not, to Use

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been with us for well over half a century, but confusion still exists regarding what it is and where it is best applied. This is especially true for the latest AI incarnation: "deep learning." Overall, AI is a group of different technologies created to automate tasks that are typically accomplished by humans. The first types of AI were expert systems had specific instruction sets or rules that encoded types of activities and decisions into software. Now deep learning neural networks are all the rage.