6 
Weighing Your Options
In this chapter:
Matching the technology to the task
Deciding whether you even need AI
Determining whether machine learning or an expert system is the right approach
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been around since the early 1950s. Interest in it has waxed and waned over the years due to fluctuating cycles of overhype followed by periods of disappointment and disinterest, commonly referred to as AI winters. Currently, machine learning (ML) and artificial neural networks are experiencing a long, hot summer. Interest and activity around deep learning with large data sets seems to be at its highest level ever.
Yet, not ...
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