[tuatoru]

> Its inscrutable nature is definitely problematic for some use-cases, and not so problematic for others.

It's a problem whereever reliable operation is required, or analytic tractability (explanation) is required, or where resources available for data labeling are limited.

Its niche appears quite small, unless and until solid mathematical foundations are developed for it.

[_bxg1]

It shines the most in "soft computing"; computer vision, etc. These also tend to be the least-important areas to explain or audit, partly just because they're so trivial to verify with nothing but human intuition.

Where it becomes problematic - and where DL isn't actually very well-suited anyway - is making "real decisions"; things that would normally be backed by rigid logic.