The goal of AI is creating machines that perform functions that require intelligence when performed by people. AI is traditionally associated to the automation of activities that we associate with human thinking. Activities such as decision-making, problem solving, learning… According to McKinsey, in the investment sector, AI is ushering in the next horizon of performance differentiation.
We’re at the beginning of a golden age of AI. Recent advancements have already led to invention that previously lived in the realm of science fiction — and we’ve only scratched the surface of what’s possible.
(Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO)
Machine learning (ML) is the field of AI devoted to understanding and building methods that 'learn', that is, methods that leverage data to improve performance. Data mining is the process of seeking interesting and valuable information within large databases, well beyond human capabilities…
The purpose of computers is to produce insight, not numbers.
(Richard W. Hamming. Turing Award recipient)
Deep learning is part of the broader family of machine learning methods. It is based on artificial neural networks and representation learning. Neural networks provide a distributed computing model inspired by the biological networks that constitute the human brain.