Usually considered a subfield of AI, though forms the basis of many AI systems. Machines learn from data, either by being shown labelled examples to train on (supervised learning) or unlabelled data for pattern recognition. Other types of machine learning also exist, such as ‘partial reinforcement’ learning, where machines incrementally learn to achieve a goal.
Glossary
Machine learning
Glossary
Summary (bullet points)
Machine learning occurs when computers learn from data to make predictions in new, previously unseen data.
Classification (s)
Research term
Classification (s)
Statistics
Foundational paper (s)
Bishop, Christopher M. “Machine learning and pattern recognition.” Information science and statistics. Springer, Heidelberg (2006).