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Cabe Atwell, Engineer, Machinist, Maker, Writer explains, Simply put, machine learning is the process of inferring or deducing new information based on existing data, typically lots of data.
Machine learning is commonplace today. Any industry that deals with large amounts of data is effectively using machine learning to gain insights and knowledge.
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Machine learning is all around us. It is how Netflix is able to suggest the next movie for you to watch. It is why ads on the internet seem to know what you are interested in. It is also how autocompletion is accurately able to predict the next word you might type.
But what exactly is machine learning, and how does it work?
Simply put, machine learning is a subset of artificial intelligence that involves the development of computer algorithms that access large amounts of data to create models for information. These models are then used to predict specific behavior. For example, if someone tends to watch a lot of movies involving racing and cars, a good recommendation might be a film on the history of cars or car restoration...
Machine learning is not a new concept. In fact, the term “machine learning” was coined in 1959 by Arthur Samuel partially based off of a checkers playing program. The program would choose the best next move to minimize the potential to lose the game. Due to the limitations of the computational hardware of the time, Samuel had to use a method of deriving the answers called alpha-beta pruning.
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