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Re:Ask HN: Why companies are not using deep learning yet? by natalyarostova on Friday February 15, 2019 @05:33PM (#19175349)
To elaborate on your point, it doesn't just require lots of data, it requires lots of data with a corresponding high effective sample size. If you want to forecast sales for next Christmas, I don't care if you have 2000 terabytes of granular orders and sales data, because the effective sample size for past observed Christmases is going to be like 3-4 (Christmases further than 4 years back may no longer be representative).

In these cases nice structural time-series models, which are in spirit not so different from what existed 20 years ago, will beat deep learning.

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Re:Ask HN: Why companies are not using deep learning yet? by avin_regmi on Friday February 15, 2019 @07:52PM (#19176227)
What frameworks are you using currently in production? Do you think classical machine learning algorithms are being used more than deep learning?
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