Siri, Tell Fido To Stop Barking: What's Machine Learning, And What's The Future Of It?

Machine learning is an integral part of Pittsburgh's tech economy, thanks to Carnegie Mellon University's position as one of the nation's foremost research centers on the topic. That's enticed tech giants such as Google and Uber to set up shot in the Steel City. Pittsburghers have varied knowledge on what machine learning is. On a crisp afternoon on Carnegie Mellon University's campus, Adeline Mercier of Squirrel Hill was walking with her young daughter on campus. She said her husband works in machine learning.