A Simple Guide to the Basics of A.I. – Member Feature Stories – Medium

Terms like "machine learning," "deep learning," "neural networks," "artificial intelligence" or "A.I.," "data science," and more have been the buzzwords of the last few years in technology. Because of advances in computing power and an increase in the amount of data available, techniques that have been known about for decades can now be put into meaningful practice. But what do they actually mean? Most of us are aware of the 10,000-foot explanation along the lines of "It's all about teaching computers to solve problems for us," but many people probably aren't aware of what is actually going on under the hood. The basics of machine learning are simple enough, intuitive enough, and, more importantly, interesting enough to be picked up by anyone in a relatively short amount of time.