Applications and When to Use GNNs
Graph neural networks are genuinely transformative for the right problems and needless complexity for the wrong ones. This closing post surveys where GNNs deliver real value — drug discovery, recommendation, fraud detection, knowledge graphs — and, just as importantly, gives the honest decision framework for when a GNN is worth its cost versus when a simpler approach wins. It turns the series into a judgment you can apply.
GNNs are transformative for the right problems (drug discovery, recommendation, fraud rings, knowledge graphs) and needless complexity for the wrong ones. The honest decision framework: use a GNN when structure carries signal and it beats a structure-ignorant baseline — and reach for something simpler when it doesn't.