This talk provides an overview of an important emerging artificial intelligence technology, deep learning neural networks. Deep learning is a branch of computer science focused on machine learning algorithms that model and make predictions about data. A key distinction is that deep learning is not merely a software program, but a new class of information technology that is changing the concept of the modern technology project by replacing hard-coded software with a capacity to learn and execute tasks. In the future, deep learning smart networks might comprise a global computational infrastructure tackling real-time data science problems such as global health monitoring, energy storage and transmission, and financial risk assessment.