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What is machine learning?

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What is machine learning?

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- To understand machine learning, we must first look at what is Artificial Intelligence, or AI. Artificial Intelligence refers to the man-made systems that do tasks that have traditionally required human intelligence. Of course, what constitutes what is artificial intelligence is a constantly moving target. 100 years ago, simple multiplication and division may have been considered something that requires human intelligence, but now a machine that can multiply numbers is not considered unusual or exceptional. We have moved on to AI trying to understand the intent of speech, evaluate the content of images, and even understand relationships between complex data sets. Over time, these will likely also be considered to be pedestrian, and artificial intelligence reimagined for much more complex tasks. Machine learning is a subset of AI. It is the part of artificial intelligence that creates methods for algorithms to get better over time. In essence: to learn. While it is common for these…

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