Defining AI, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning
August 28, 2016
Confused about the jargon marketing professionals hose at you? No need. Navigate to “AI vs Deep Learning vs Machine Learning.” The truth is revealed. Here’s what my take on the definitions is:
- Artificial intelligence is an umbrella term. One can use it for almost any sales pitch.
- Deep learning. This is pattern recognition with human inputs.
- Machine learning is pretty much like deep learning.
There are some other concepts may be found in search and content processing vendors’ slideshows, sale pitches, and marketing collateral; for example:
- Cognitive computing
- Semantics
- Natural language processing.
What do these terms mean? I have no idea. I understand counting entities and using methods to perform query expansion. On a good day, I can name a couple of ways to perform clustering.
This buzzword blizzard just confuses me. Most Star Trek systems require rules and human crafted training. Then every once in a while one has to retrain the smart software. Progress in marketing is outpacing progress in some of the technology described by marketers.
Stephen E Arnold, August 28, 2016
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