>Yes, backprop existed before the recent explosion, that doesn't mean they're haven't been major leaps forward. I didn't mean to imply that things were not adv

>Yes, backprop existed before the recent explosion, that doesn't mean they're haven't been major leaps forward. I didn't mean to imply that things were not advancing, only that what we claim is "AI" are processes we've been doing in statistics forever. But, yes, of course the tools and techniques improve.