Neural networks are used to model complex patterns for prediction and simulation. It uses the processing pattern used by brain neurons to achieve this. Neural Networks are good at processing complex , non-linear relationships and are used in forecasting, image processing and character recognition.
Found this a very useful introduction to neural networks. I read it in preparation for a deep learning class. If you are looking for something not scary, this is it. And you don't have to be a math whiz. It helps if you can recall from high school the formula for a line (spoiler alert: f(y) = mx+b. Good use of use cases.
~< audio book review >~ This book certainly isn’t something you should listen to. Gets really confusing when the narrator starts dictating the code. It’s not meant to be! I am surprised that an audio version of this was even created. It’s foundational learning with examples created from scratch and not using any other model, which is great, but does need focused reading and maybe even trying it out on the computer. This probably is a good blog post converted to a audio book Avoid!!!