The Believers: The hidden story behind the code that runs our lives - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Excerpt from a long-term deep learning overview

"With each announcement, deep learning has nudged the notion of artificial intelligence back into the public sphere, though not always to productive ends. Should we worry about the robot revolution to come? Spoiler alert: not right now; maybe in 50 years. Are these programmers foolish enough to think they’re actually mimicking the brain? No. Are we on the way to truly intelligent machines? It depends on how you define intelligence. Can deep learning live up to its hype? Well …

Such a clamor has risen around deep learning that many researchers warn that if they don’t deliver on its potential, they risk a backlash against all of artificial intelligence. "It’s damaging," says Yann LeCun, a professor at New York University who now directs Facebook’s AI research. "The field of AI died three or four times because of hype.""

The Believers - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education