Definition and Applications
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a branch of computer science that
focuses on creating intelligent machines capable of mimicking
human intelligence. It involves the development of algorithms and
systems that can perform tasks that would normally require
human-level intelligence, such as understanding natural language,
recognizing patterns, solving problems, and making decisions.
AI has numerous applications across various industries, including:
Healthcare: early disease detection, drug discovery, personalized
treatment plans
Finance: fraud detection, investment algorithms, loan approval
Marketing: targeted advertising, customer segmentation, sales
forecasting
Transportation: autonomous vehicles, traffic management, route
optimization
Education: personalized learning, intelligent tutoring systems,
student performance analysis
Introduction to Machine Learning
Machine Learning (ML) is a subset of AI that focuses on
developing algorithms and models that can learn from data. ML
algorithms can automatically improve their performance by
analyzing large datasets without explicit programming.
There are three main types of ML problem types:
Regression: predicting a continuous value, such as housing
prices or stock prices.