O’Reilly online learning is a trove of information about the trends, topics, and issues tech leaders need to know about to do their jobs. We use it as a data source for our annual platform analysis, and we’re using it as the basis for this report, where we take a close look at the most-used and most-searched topics in machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) on O’Reilly.1
Our analysis of ML- and AI-related data from the O’Reilly online learning platform indicates:
Unsupervised learning surged in 2019, with usage up by 172%.
Deep learning cooled slightly in 2019, slipping 10% relative to 2018, but deep learning still accounted for 22% of all AI/ML usage.
Although TensorFlow grew by just 3%, it too garnered a 22% share of AI/ML usage in 2019.
PyTorch looks like a contender: it posted triple-digit growth in usage share rates in both 2018 and 2019.
Reinforcement learning fell by 5% in 2019; it’s up hugely—1,500+%—since 2017, however.
Sustained strength in unsupervised learning, neural networks, reinforcement learning, etc., demonstrates that organizations are experimenting with advanced ML tools and methods.
Figure 1. AI/ML topics on the O’Reilly online learning platform with the most usage in 2019 (left) and the rate of change for each topic (right)
Growth in ML and AI Is Unabated
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