The 3 Best Machine Learning Stocks to Buy in 2017 -- The Motley Fool

Machine learning is part of the broader artificial intelligence (AI) market, where computers are given information and learn how interpret it on their own. Self-driving cars, for example, may be preprogrammed not to cross over a double yellow line when they drive, but machine learning within those driverless cars will learn that in certain situations -- like getting around a parked car on the street -- it may be necessary to cross over that line. Machine learning's market potential is often lumped together with the AI market, which is expected to be worth $47 billion in 2020, according to industry analytics company IDC. And three companies -- NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), and International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) -- are betting big on the market in 2017. NVIDIA's known for its graphic processing units (GPUs) for the gaming sector, but the company is increasingly using its chips to power machine learning systems in powerful servers.