What Is Machine Learning?

Do computers think for themselves? Not really, but they can learn through experience and with feedback from people. Machine learning is a branch of artificial intelligence concerned with how computers can gain new abilities and understandings. Presenting computers with large data sets allows them to sift through the information to find patterns and make connections. In this way, computers can identify, describe, and even rate images and works of art, even if they don't know what art is! Readers will discover more about machine learning and how it affects our lives. The manageable text helps readers comprehend a potentially difficult concept.