Machine Learning: Perception Problem? Maybe. Pipe Dream? No Way!

Almost all algorithmic assistants that utilize unsupervised machine learning have several skill sets based on modern data science. They can baseline normal behavior by accurately modeling time series data (any series of data with a time stamp on it – usually log data from servers, devices, endpoints, and applications); they can identify data points that are anomalous or "outliers;" and they can score the level of anomalousness of these outliers. Generally, you'll hear this set of skills packaged up under the term "machine learning anomaly detection."