Deep learning shines when there is a lot of data and computation power. A lot of important problems don&#x27;t have that much data and there are much better algorithms right now for those problems [1]. Deep learning is definitely faddish though it has its uses.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sciencemag.org&#x2F;content&#x2F;350&#x2F;6266&#x2F;1332.full.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.sciencemag.org&#x2F;content&#x2F;350&#x2F;6266&#x2F;1332.full.pdf</a>