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Machine learning is a type of artificial intelligence providing computers the ability to learn without being explicitly programmed.

• ekianjo 11y ago
  I guess the original point was that machine learning is nothing like actual intelligence, it is closer to a process of artificial model creation than anything else. "Artificial intelligence" is a term that's completely abused these days.
  • Eyas 11y ago
    Well, machine learning might not enlighten us to understand actual intelligence. There is no reason why actual intelligence can't simply be modeled by (and function like) a giant neural network. Many of us hope there is some form of symbolic intelligence deeper than just stochastic models or neural nets, but we really don't know.
  • SamBam 11y ago
    Depends on what you mean by "these days." I did an AI degree over ten years ago, and Machine Learning was certainly considered a part of AI then.
    • ekianjo 11y ago
      > Machine Learning was certainly considered a part of AI then That's part of the problem. The definition of AI is extremely loose. If by AI we actually mean "replicating the process of human intelligence through algorithms" then Machine Learning is certainly not it.