Schmidhuber Discusses Deep Learning History

SchmidhuberAI · x · 2026-07-15

Schmidhuber continues to discuss the historical trajectory of deep learning and modern AI through reposts and quotes.

He emphasizes that his new survey focuses on the theme that "machine learning is the science of credit assignment," noting that the review also outlines the pioneering contributions to deep learning and modern AI. Meanwhile, he disputes certain historical narratives, arguing that the history of early deep learning networks should be traced back even further.

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