Deep Learning: Teaching Computers To Think Like People




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Summary: <p>DEEP LEARNING: TEACHING COMPUTERS TO THINK LIKE PEOPLE: It's the holy grail of computing: teaching computers to think the way humans do. The pioneer of "deep learning" says the key is to mimic the brain's system of neural networks. Now Geoffrey Hinton is taking his work inside Google to help improve Android's voice search and work on advancing language interpretation so computers can begin to interpret our musings and ramblings online. Tech Tuesday explores how computers learn and where the next breakthroughs will be. (52 min.)</p>