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‍Introduction

Do artificial intelligence and machine learning ring a bell? These terms are rising in popularity in recent years as more and more technology seemingly revolves around them. Deep learning is less heard of but is an important part of the AI umbrella and a subfield of ML concerned with algorithms inspired by the structure and function of the brain. If you still don’t know what it does for the technological revolution, check out some of the best deep learning applications in today’s world.

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Virtual Assistants

“Alexa, play Despacito!” A command to Amazon’s virtual assistant soon turned into a widely-used joke. Today, people can order groceries, play music, control a smart Home, and call someone at the sound of their voice. In fact, Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant are some of the most popular virtual assistants that reside in mini speakers or on your phone. When voicing your activation command, your assistant will begin to listen and respond accordingly. This is possible thanks to deep learning, as these technologies learn from natural human conversations to understand commands. As deep learning evolves, improving text generation and document summarization, you can even ask your virtual assistant to craft and send a simple email.

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Chatbots

Almost similar to virtual assistants, chatbots understand you but through chats. It is an AI application that has benefited businesses and consumers by providing timely FAQ answers, generating an automated response to user input, or marketing on social network sites. These chatbots use deep learning to generate different reactions based on what the customer has said, which is tremendously helpful when there are no human agents available, or it’s outside of working hours.

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Robotics & Healthcare

The field of robotics often garners attention as it makes breakthroughs with its technology. Deep learning has been used to build robots that perform human-like tasks for a while. It can be used to carry goods in hospitals, factories, warehouses, inventory, management, and more. The healthcare industry has hugely benefited from deep learning technology. Disease detection machines use deep learning to make more accurate detections. In medical research, it is also used for drug discovery and detecting cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Healthcare giants are mitigating health risks associated with readmission while lowering costs.

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Personalization

Do you notice how Youtube or Spotify recommendations are relatively in tune with what you want to see or hear? With deep learning, many platforms can now better personalize your experience by learning what you’re interested in and what you prefer to see based on what type of content you were interacting with the longest. Another eerie situation happened when a father was enraged when he noticed Target sending coupons for baby-related products to his teenage daughter. That’s because Target figured out the girl was pregnant through her purchasing patterns and made personalized recommendations.

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Self Driving Cars

This recent technology that has taken the world by storm uses deep learning algorithms to make safer autonomic choices on the road. It learns the driving laws and patterns and digests millions of scenarios to ensure safe driving. The next step with self-driving cars is to have them run on the road “map-less” and make choices based on whatever is available. This research is already in development with MIT.

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Conclusion

That was our list of the best applications using deep learning technology.

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It may come as a surprise to many how integrated these technologies are in our daily lives and may surprise a few more how deep learning will only continue to expand and take over a larger portion than it does now.

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At Dirox, we have teams of highly-skilled software developers with years of experience working with AI, ML, and DL projects. Get in touch with our expert consultants to start building your software product integrating deep learning!

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