Deep Learning: A Next-Generation Big-Data Approach for Hydrology - Eos

In popular culture, Artificial Intelligence (AI) often refers to machines that can perform any intellectual task that humans can. Such machines are heavily romanticized and are still very far from becoming a reality. However, weak (or narrow) AIs, algorithms that are designed to perform a specific task, have shown a formidable intellectual prowess that surpasses human capabilities in certain tasks. These machines must have integrative decision-making capability based on what they receive and what they predict would happen. Take, for example, AlphaGo, the AI that famously defeated world champions at the ancient game "Go."