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What’s the Difference between Machine Learning and AI? Posted on : Dec 17 - 2018

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are not as complicated as you think. In fact, you are exposed to these tools on a daily basis.

Throughout 2018, you have probably consistently heard and seen these buzzwords thrown around in conversation, in the comments of social media posts, from Youtube, or as think pieces from writers.

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning seem to be on the tip of everyone’s tongue and for good reason too.

Researchers have made tremendous headway in the field of AI and this progress has already influenced your daily lives whether it is for novelty or for practical reasons.

Though this article will break it down in further detail, in short, AI is any technology that showcases anything that resembles human intelligence. Think of any of your favorite sci-fi films.

However, ML or Machine Learning is a subset of AI that uses mathematical models from data to make decisions.   

The Rise of The Machines: A Brief History of AI

Before diving any deeper into the world of machine learning and artificial intelligence, one should look at the brief history of the subjects.

There has been a fascination with AI that goes all the way back to the Greeks, with them describing mechanical people who could walk and think like men.

However, the first stop on the historic timeline for Artificial Intelligence is the Second World War.

During WWII, genius, computer scientist Alan Turing worked to crack the impossible German forces Enigma Code, a form of communication used to send messages securely and plan attacks. View More