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> rather than whoever your university happened to hire

Two years ago Geoff Hinton requested his course be removed because it was out of date.

At a university, at least at a post-graduate level, you are probably going to be taught by a deep learning researcher passionate about the subject, with the added advantage of support if you struggle with some concepts.

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True, but while there's a qualitative difference between traditional university provided education and on-demand e-learning, there's also a striking monetary and commitment difference.

Yeah, it's definitely out of date now. That's Coursera's responsibility to replace it with something more recent.

What are the main aspects that are out of date? Can you point to a more up to date course?

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