The AI boom is overstated. There is not a single piece of technology, not a single 'problem solved' that necessarily requires Deep Learning this very day. Som

The AI boom is overstated. There is not a single piece of technology, not a single 'problem solved' that necessarily requires Deep Learning this very day. Some Voice and Translation apps are improved by it, but not by that much. Yes, this will change over time, particularly as things like 'computer vision' are effectively more dependant on it - and -that tech will enable things like driverless cars ... but it's still overstated. There is an ever growing army of AI researchers putting out stuff, and they will all improve our lives marginally, but I'm doubtful that AI in and of itself will be the thing that really creates change. I suggest that the 'future robot that cleans your toilet and makes a ham sandwich' will be 10% AI and 90% advances in every other kind of technology. I'll bet that only isolated systems of such robots are primarily AI driven (i.e. vision, motor control for fluid movement etc.) and the rest is just plain old software.