Machine Learning: What is it and why it matters – .vinnd – Medium

Recently it seems that every time you open your browser or scroll through a news feed, some people are writing articles about machine learning and its influence on our lives. Machine learning has been highlighted in articles covering everything from Virtual Assistant to androids and cars on autopilot that can accomplish the same tasks as humans. A number of huge companies are determining machine learning as'the future' -- but what we should really expect from that? Machine learning is a core subfield of artificial intelligence, that enables computers to get into a form of self-learning without being explicitly programmed. These programs are enabled to learn, develop, change, and grow by themselves when exposed to a new data.