What differentiates deep learning from traditional machine learning?

Deep learning will do to software what the steam engine did to manufacturing.
Andrew Ng

How It Works:

Deep learning stacks multiple nonlinear layers (neurons) to automatically learn hierarchical feature representations unlike traditional ML, which relies on manual feature engineering.

Key Benefits:

  • State-of-the-art accuracy: Excels on image, speech, and text tasks.
  • Automatic features: Reduces manual data preprocessing.
  • Scalability: Leverages GPUs/TPUs for large-scale training.

Real-World Use Cases:

  • Speech recognition: Converting audio to text with high accuracy.
  • Image segmentation: Medical imaging analysis.

FAQs

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