Meaning & use
machine learning
A branch of computer science in which systems learn patterns from data to make predictions or decisions without explicit programming.
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The spam filter uses machine learning to identify unwanted emails more accurately over time.
Researchers applied machine learning to predict which patients were at higher risk of disease.
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Machine learning is a subset of artificial intelligence; the two terms are often used loosely as if interchangeable.
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