History of Machine Learning – Bloombench – Medium

Well, if you are even remotely related to the technological field, chances are you may be aware of the world going gaga over these buzzwords. Though these different buzzwords are being used in a multitude of diverse application areas, at the core, they all mean the same thing -- making sense of vast amounts of data in a way that would give out some intelligence to act upon. Although Machine Learning has now gained prominence owing to the exponential rate of data generation and technological advancements to support it, its roots lie way back in 17th century. People have been attempting to make sense of data and processing it to gain quick insights since ages. Let me take you through an interesting journey down the history of Machine Learning -- how it all began and how did it come to what it is today.