Demystifying The Concepts Around Deep Learning

Manuj Desai, a Technology Leader & author of Clinch the Deal – Negotiation strategies to get what you want.

- Manuj Desai

Taboos exist in the technology market around concepts like Analytics, Data Visualization, Machine Learning and Deep Learning, due to insufficient understanding of the concepts or having issues relating to the concepts as they are still in the nascent stages. Let us take a few steps back to understand these fancy terms.

The example that we all can relate to is driving a car. When an individual learns to drive, in most countries, the first exam they give is a written test after which they get a learner’s license also called learner’s permit. The individual then starts to learn the tricks needed to drive a car either from a driving school or an adult who has driven a car before.

When ‘Lessons are learned from someone who has driven a car in the past’, we would equate this to having readymade formulas provided to us.

Illustrating Test Conditions and Brain Coaching

After the first few rounds of understanding the ABC of the car i.e. the ‘Accelerator, Break and Clutch (in the case of manual cars)’ and the workings of the gear box (again in the case of manual cars), the individual starts to maneuver the car in normal city traffic. The first few dry runs in the traffic are always horrendous for anyone; we would call this the test conditions.