What Is Deep Learning?

Deep learning is one of the most influential and fastest growing fields in artificial intelligence. However, getting an intuitive understanding of deep learning can be difficult because the term deep learning covers a variety of different algorithms and techniques. Deep learning is also a subdiscipline of machine learning in general, so it's important to understand what machine learning is in order to understand deep learning. Deep learning is an extension of some of the concepts originating from machine learning, so for that reason, let's take a minute to explain what machine learning is. Put simply, machine learning is a method of enabling computers to carry out specific tasks without explicitly coding every line of the algorithms used to accomplish those tasks.