AI, machine learning, and deep learning: What they are and how they differ

Artificial intelligence is no longer the stuff of science fiction flicks. It's a reality, and chances are you're interacting and being impacted by AI technology-powered applications every day. AI seems to be the phrase on everybody's lips these days, right from makers of autonomous trucks that can travel thousands of miles without requiring human intervention to truck drivers who fear they'll be out of a job if these AI-powered trucks make it to the roads. In 2016, Google's DeepMind AlphaGo program competed against Lee Se-dol, South Korean master of the board game Go, the program emerged victorious. Media coverage used terms such as AI, machine learning, and deep learning interchangeably as if they all meant the same thing.