Indeed. The academic theory for NNs has been there since before the 90s, and is solidly grounded in a mathematical framework. Whatever new techniques arose afte

Indeed. The academic theory for NNs has been there since before the 90s, and is solidly grounded in a mathematical framework. Whatever new techniques arose after 2010 are a) empirical results obtained by semi-trial-and-error and b) unexplainable mathematically.