Continual Learning: An Overview into the Next stage of AI

Learning has been essential to our existence. And, continuous learning helps an individual avoid stagnation in any profession and ensures that one keeps on moving forward towards reaching his goal and potential. The same also goes for machine models that are backed by AI's machine learning algorithm. Continual learning, also called lifelong learning or online machine learning, is a fundamental idea in machine learning in which models continuously learn and evolve based on the input of increasing amounts of data while retaining previously learned knowledge. In practice, this refers to supporting a model's ability to autonomously learn and adapt in production as new data comes in.