About Machine Learning:
- What is it? It is a branch of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and computer science which focuses on the use of data and algorithms to imitate the way that humans learn, gradually improving its accuracy.
- It gives computers the capability to learn without being explicitly programmed.
- It enables computers to learn automatically from past data.
- Machine learning uses various algorithms for building mathematical models and making predictions using historical data or information.
- Features of Machine learning:
- It is a data driven technology. Large amount of data generated by organizations on daily bases. So, by notable relationships in data, organizations makes better decisions.
- Machine can learn itself from past data and automatically improve.
- From the given dataset it detects various patterns on data.
- It is similar to data mining because it is also deals with the huge amount of data.
Q1) What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a wide-ranging branch of computer science concerned with building smart machines capable of performing tasks that typically require human intelligence.Artificial intelligence allows machines to model, or even improve upon, the capabilities of the human mind.
Source: Machine learning helps astronomers detect new alien planet
Last updated on November, 2025
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