Ask the Know-It-Alls: How Do Machines Learn?

This story is part of a series on how we learn--from augmented reality to music-training devices. By now you must have heard the good news about our savior, artificial intelligence. It makes you look better in selfies, prevents blindness, and can even turn water into tastier beer. Tech giants and governments say we're living in a golden age of AI. Truth is, most times you hear the term artificial intelligence, the specific technology at work is called machine learning.