October 2020
Beginner to intermediate
391 pages
10h 22m
English
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Chapter 1. Data Science and Deep Learning
Only 20 years have passed since the beginning of the new millennium, and we have thrust the bulk of our technological knowledge into the machine age—an age that, it has been suggested, will bring more change than our earlier discovery of electricity. Change so massive that some believe that all life on our planet will be affected in some way, good or bad. Technologists refer to this change or revolution as machine learning or, more recently, as the dawn of artificial intelligence. While it remains to be seen how intelligent we can make machines, one thing is for sure: this new wave of technology is now everywhere. Developers all over the globe are struggling to make sense of this field and keep up with the changes, as well as trying to benefit from new tools and techniques. Fortunately, companies like Google have realized the difficulties and expense of crafting this powerful new AI and are now commercializing powerful AI services on the cloud. It is the goal of this book to guide the reader through the use of these new and growing AI-powered cloud services from Google.
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There is a growing list of other cloud AI providers providing competition for Google, including Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, and many others.
In this chapter we introduce a number of base concepts about machine learning and data science as well as introduce the field of deep learning. The following is a list of topics we will cover in this chapter:
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