# The wonderful and terrifying implications of computers that can learn

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxBrussels
- Speaker: Jeremy Howard
- Year: 2014
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Computer science
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jeremy_howard_the_wonderful_and_terrifying_implications_of_computers_that_can_learn)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What happens when we teach a computer how to learn? Technologist Jeremy Howard shares some surprising new developments in the fast-moving field of deep learning, a technique that can give computers the ability to learn Chinese, or to recognize objects in photos, or to help think through a medical diagnosis. (One deep learning tool, after watching hours of YouTube, taught itself the concept of "cats.") Get caught up on a field that will change the way the computers around you behave ... sooner than you probably think.

## Lectures

1. [The wonderful and terrifying implications of computers that can learn](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jeremy_howard_the_wonderful_and_terrifying_implications_of_computers_that_can_learn/27964649b91e), 20 min (TED's player)