What is machine learning?

Understanding Machine Learning

Lis Sulmont

Curriculum Manager, DataCamp

Artificial intelligence (AI)

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A huge set of tools for making computers behave intelligently

Artificial intelligence (AI)

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A huge set of tools for making computers behave intelligently $$

Machine learning is the most prevalent subset of AI

Defining machine learning:

A set of tools for making inferences and predictions from data

Defining machine learning: what can it do?

• Predict future events
  • Will it rain tomorrow?
    • Yes (75% probability)
• Infer the causes of events and behaviors
  • Why does it rain?
    • Time of the year, humidity levels, temperature, location, etc
• Infer patterns
  • What are the different types of weather conditions?
    • Rain, sunny, overcast, fog, etc

Defining machine learning: how does it work?

• Interdisciplinary mix of statistics and computer science
• Ability to learn without being explicitly programmed
• Learn patterns from existing data and applies it to new data
• Relies on high-quality data
• ... more to come throughout the course!

Data science

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Data science is about discovering and communicating insights from data

Data science

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Data science is about making discoveries and creating insights from data $$

Machine learning is often an important tool for data science work

Machine learning model

A statistical representation of a real-world process based on data

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Machine learning model

A statistical representation of a real-world process based on data

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Machine learning model

A statistical representation of a real-world process based on data

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Machine learning model

A statistical representation of a real-world process based on data

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Let's practice!

Understanding Machine Learning