Artificial Intelligence vs. Machine Learning vs. Deep Learning: What's the Difference?

While deep learning, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) may seem to be used synonymously, there are clear differences. One school of thought is that artificial intelligence is a larger umbrella category under which machine learning falls and deep learning falls under machine learning. Therefore, while everything that is categorized as deep learning or machine learning is part of the artificial intelligence field, not everything that is machine learning will be deep learning. Now that we've discussed the big picture, let's dive into the parent category: artificial intelligence. AI as a theoretical concept has been around for over a hundred years but the concept that we understand today was developed in the 1950s and refers to intelligent machines that work and react like humans.