Yup LSTMs can capture distant context, but they arent generic RNNs though. A significant part of "Deep" fanboyism comes from lack of knowledge about capabilitie

Yup LSTMs can capture distant context, but they arent generic RNNs though. A significant part of "Deep" fanboyism comes from lack of knowledge about capabilities of conventional methods. I dont blame them entirely, there is a lot of diengenuous marketing that should claim partial credit.