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Machine Learning

Machine learning is a field of computer science concerned with algorithms that improve their performance on a task by learning from data rather than by being explicitly programmed.

Field: Computer Science
Coined: 1959, Arthur Samuel

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Field: Computer Science
Coined: 1959, Arthur Samuel

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Reinforcement learning treats behaviour as a policy to be improved through trial, error, and reward.

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Understanding machine learning

Machine learning is not magic. It is a set of methods for turning examples into decisions. Here is the underlying idea.

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