A Critical Look at the Myth of “Deep Learning” | Machine Learning - Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence

William A. Dembski argues, “Deep learning” is as misnamed a computational technique as exists.

In the Futuristic Laboratory Creative Engineer Works on the Transparent Computer Display. Screen Shows Interactive User Interface with Deep Learning System, Artificial Intelligence Prototype.

I’ve been reviewing philosopher and programmer Erik Larson’s The Myth of Artificial Intelligence. See my earlier posts, here, here, and here.

“Deep learning” is as misnamed a computational technique as exists. The actual technique refers to multi-layered neural networks, and, true enough, those multi-layers can do a lot of significant computational work. But the phrase “deep learning” suggests that the machine is doing something profound and beyond the capacity of humans.

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The Myth of Artificial Intelligence:
Why Computers Can’t Think the Way We Do

Source: Walter Bradley Center for Natural and Artificial Intelligence