[joe_the_user]

The whole presentation seems very hand-wavy, which I think is pretty much the level most motivational discussions of deep learning are at.

I think the presentations by Yann Lecun and Leon Bottou are more interesting - and tend to involve more uncertainty and fewer pronouncements.

see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9878047

[arcanus]

This was fascinating and greatly informative. As you said, the authors were not afraid to show the real warts and bleeding edge, as a good scientist should. Thanks for the link.