deep learning

noun

computing

: a form of machine learning in which the computer network rapidly teaches itself to understand a concept without human intervention by performing a large number of iterative calculations on an extremely large dataset

Deep learning involves feeding machines lots of data so the AI can learn patterns itself without requiring humans to program knowledge into the machine.

—Mike Cherney

In deep learning, multiple neural networks are "stacked" on top of each other, or layered, in order to create models that are even better at prediction because each new layer learns from the ones before it.

—Derrick Harris

—sometimes used before another noun

The purpose of many deep learning systems is to minimize the amount of time spent feeding or quizzing a piece of software …

—Erik Sofge

Examples of deep learning in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After the transformers paper was released in 2017, deep learning pioneer Geoffrey Hinton invited Gomez to join his Toronto lab, where Gomez met Nick Frosst; the pair would go on to found Cohere with fellow Google alum Ivan Zhang. —Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2024

Rather than using standard deep learning to blindly search for patterns in large amounts of driving data, Rehal says Minus Zero has created physics-aware algorithms that can more readily pick out the most salient information, even when trained on smaller datasets. —IEEE Spectrum, 24 Apr. 2024

The financial world continued to adopt AI technology as advancements in machine learning, deep learning and natural language processing occurred, resulting in higher levels of accuracy. —Atal Bansal, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024

Similarly, the use of sophisticated deep learning models in credit adjudication processes raises the issue of explainability. —Anil Sood, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024

By Billy Perrigo/Dubai March 20, 2024 6:23 AM EDT At an AI research lab on the edges of Abu Dhabi last year, an international team of 25 computer scientists were putting the finishing touches on a deep learning algorithm before sending it to be trained on 4,000 powerful computer chips. —TIME, 20 Mar. 2024

Yann LeCun, Meta’s chief AI scientist, has been advocating for a new deep learning method for image classifiers called a Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture (or JEPA) that tries to create AI models with a much more robust conceptual and compositional understanding of a scene. —Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2024

Acquired by Google in 2014 for its development of a type of artificial intelligence called deep learning, DeepMind has produced a series of dazzling achievements. —David A. Shaywitz, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2023

Yes, applying concepts in various scenarios is crucial, making deep learning and understanding more valuable than rote memorization. —Bryce Welker, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1986, in the meaning defined above