deep learning
noun
computing
: a form of machine learning in which the computer network rapidly teaches itself to understand a concept without human intervention by performing a large number of iterative calculations on an extremely large dataset
Deep learning involves feeding machines lots of data so the AI can learn patterns itself without requiring humans to program knowledge into the machine.—
Mike Cherney
Mike CherneyIn deep learning, multiple neural networks are "stacked" on top of each other, or layered, in order to create models that are even better at prediction because each new layer learns from the ones before it.—Derrick Harris
—sometimes used before another nounDerrick HarrisThe purpose of many deep learning systems is to minimize the amount of time spent feeding or quizzing a piece of software …—Erik Sofge
Erik SofgeExamples of deep learning in a Sentence
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June 5 Deadline Her first investment at Kleiner was in Windsurf, a deep learning acceleration platform designed to simplify and accelerate complex artificial intelligence workloads.
—Truebridge Capital, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
In a third study that used deep learning, Kempynck and his coauthor Nikolai Hecker found that mice, chickens, and humans share some stretches of DNA that influence the development of the neocortex or DVR, suggesting that similar genetic tools are at work in both types of animals.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Wired News, 11 May 2025
Their first successes came in speech recognition, but success in image recognition would point to deep learning as a possible general-purpose solution to AI.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Mar. 2025
Students can tailor their studies with electives in deep learning, natural language processing, data mining, generative AI, and intelligent robotics.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025
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Truebridge Capital, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
In a third study that used deep learning, Kempynck and his coauthor Nikolai Hecker found that mice, chickens, and humans share some stretches of DNA that influence the development of the neocortex or DVR, suggesting that similar genetic tools are at work in both types of animals.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Wired News, 11 May 2025
Their first successes came in speech recognition, but success in image recognition would point to deep learning as a possible general-purpose solution to AI.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Mar. 2025
Students can tailor their studies with electives in deep learning, natural language processing, data mining, generative AI, and intelligent robotics.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 10 May 2025
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“Deep learning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deep%20learning. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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