Well, the breathless hype around deep learning (with and without reinforcement learning) is bound to subside sooner or later, and attendance to staid academic c

Well, the breathless hype around deep learning (with and without reinforcement learning) is bound to subside sooner or later, and attendance to staid academic conferences like NIPS sooner or later will revert back to a smaller group of academics and intellectuals who are truly interested in the subject over the long term.[a] That much is certain. But we're still in the early stages of a gigantic wave of investment over the next decade or two, as organizations of all sizes find ways to use deep learning in a growing number of applications. Most small businesses, large corporations, nonprofits, and governments are not using deep learning for anything yet. [a] https://twitter.com/lxbrun/status/908712249379966977 https://twitter.com/lxbrun/status/908712249379966977