Artificial Intelligence vs. Machine Learning – Towards Data Science

Anyone who's seen The Matrix has a general understanding of AI (artificial intelligence) and maybe even machine learning (ML). While that and many other sci-fi movies have given a broad group of people a basic understanding of the two, it's also caused confusion. Machine learning and AI are frequently used as interchangeable terms. However, they are slightly different aspects of the same concept. In fact, AI is the parent to machine learning.