> ML = anything where parameters are learnt from data. In some ML algorithms you don't learn parameters. For example: some clustering algorithms are based on e

> ML = anything where parameters are learnt from data. In some ML algorithms you don't learn parameters. For example: some clustering algorithms are based on examples, not on parameters. > Yes, this means ML is "just" statistics So, a decision tree based on information theory would you call it statistics? Information theory and statistics are not clearly the same. > I thought this was pretty much an accepted definition. Machine Learning: A machine that learns (regardless it uses statistics, information theory, function optimization, biological inspiration or whatever)