>>The problem is that people don't understand what they can do with this technology, or even, in a meaningful sense, what it is.
Yes, exactly.
As a "Pull" programmer [1], I can't tell how I would use this technology to solve problems I have or my company has. This makes it difficult for me to get motivated to learn it, despite all the buzz and excitement.
I went through the tensorflow tutorial. While it is interesting, I didn't find it useful, the way learning a new programming language or framework or library would be.
Yes, exactly.
As a "Pull" programmer [1], I can't tell how I would use this technology to solve problems I have or my company has. This makes it difficult for me to get motivated to learn it, despite all the buzz and excitement.
I went through the tensorflow tutorial. While it is interesting, I didn't find it useful, the way learning a new programming language or framework or library would be.
[1]http://v25media.s3.amazonaws.com/edw519_mod.html#chapter_71