AI And Data Science - What Is The Difference?

Image of woman's face with technology superimposed The advances in AI have benefited virtually every commercial industry - but there is as much (or more!) hype about AI as there is real AI. In the midst of this are the terms - AI, Data Science, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, etc. - that are adding to the confusion. In this post, I offer perspective on two of these terms - AI and Data Science, and what they (commonly) mean relative to each other. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an umbrella term for any technology where a computer program is attempting tasks that come naturally to the human brain. Skills such as understanding written language, detecting speech, recognizing objects from images, and making plans to optimize time, are all examples of intelligence that humans display every day.