I wonder how much of ANN popularity is due to the inherent strength of the model...

colllectorof on March 22, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Some Starting Points for Deep Learning and RNNs

I wonder how much of ANN popularity is due to the inherent strength of the model, and how much of it is due to large corporations funding/hiring people who happen to be interested in that particular flavor of machine learning.