Deep Learning: An MIT Press book in preparation
Why is "deep learning" so hype nowadays?  They seem like just another AI tool that will be prone to over-fitting datasets and provide an analysis that is difficult to mathematically characterize and understand in a reliable way.Not here to be cynical/negative -- they might be of great value, this is not my expertise.  Can someone explain why deep learning articles are receiving attention rather than, say, Support Vector Machines / kernel-based methods of pattern analysis?  Or other nonlinear analysis?  Are they related?