AI Glossary
Machine learning
Also called ML
What does “Machine learning” mean?
Machine learning: A branch of AI in which computers learn patterns from examples instead of following rules a programmer wrote out step by step. Given enough data, the system adjusts itself to make better predictions or decisions on new inputs.
What is an example of “Machine learning”?
Rather than coding every sign of fraud, a bank can train a model on past transactions so it learns which ones look suspicious.