80% of data scientists will have deep learning in their toolkits by 2018, predicts Gartner by Divina Paredes via @cio_nz

Deep learning, a variation of machine learning (ML), represents the major driver toward artificial intelligence(AI), reports Gartner.

Good well thought out article based on the Gartner report. Deep learning is definitely a step above machine learning so I can understand the usefulness.