Artificial Intelligence vs Machine-Learning – what's the difference

Artificial Intelligence (A.I) is a hot topic in many industries. Robotics have been used in factories for decades, Siri has been telling us bad jokes for nearly 7 years and robot hoovers have been transporting cats around kitchens for, well, too long. When people hear the term A.I, it might conjure up the image of a robotic child, longing to be a real boy (I'm looking at you Steven Spielberg), or of a robot army lined up in a warehouse waiting for Will Smith to appear. While these Hollywood tales touch upon areas of A.I, what does A.I really mean and is machine learning the same thing? A.I is a platform or a solution that appears to be intelligent and can often exceed the performance of humans.