1) Deep learning is a new field of machine learning that uses artificial neural networks with numerous hidden layers to learn representations of data.
2) Deep learning architectures have made advances in domains like computer vision and natural language processing. The advantages of deep learning's layered hierarchy and nonlinear operations are discussed.
3) Deep learning has its origins in the 1940s and research accelerated in the 2000s due to increases in data and computing power. Major developments include convolutional neural networks and backpropagation. Deep learning is now widely used for tasks like image recognition.