AI engineering glossary · Deep learning core

What is deep learning?

Deep learning: A branch of machine learning that trains neural networks with many layers so they learn useful features directly from raw data such as pixels, audio or text, instead of relying on hand-crafted features. It powers modern image, speech and language systems.

Level: beginnerTopic: Deep learning core

Deep learning: an example

Instead of engineers designing features to spot a cat, a deep network learns them from millions of labelled photos.

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Where you learn it

Deep learning is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.

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