Security Pros' Painless Guide to Machine Intelligence, AI, ML & DL

In the hands of enthusiastic marketing departments, the terms "artificial intelligence," "machine learning," and "deep learning" have become fuzzy in definition, sacrificing clarity to the need for increasing sales. It's entirely possible that you'll run into a product or service that carries one (or several) of these labels while carrying few of its attributes. Talk of machine intelligence can often lead to its own special rabbit-hole of jargon and specialized concepts. Which of these will form an important part of your future security infrastructure -- and does the difference really matter? Three Branches Broadly speaking, machine "intelligence" is a system that takes in data, produces results, and gets better -- faster, more accurate, or both -- as more data is encountered.