machine learning

[muh-sheen lur-ning]

noun

Computers, Digital Technology.

1. the capacity of a computer to process and evaluate data beyond programmed algorithms, through contextualized inference (often used attributively).

machine learning

noun

1. a branch of artificial intelligence in which a computer generates rules underlying or based on raw data that has been fed into it

Word History and Origins

Origin of machine learning¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

If YouTube doesn’t test a machine learning system that utilizes your viewing data to “estimate” your age … you get the point.

From Slate

The OpenAI CEO worried about the addictive properties of his chatbot in a post to social media on Sunday, saying a future in which important decisions are offloaded to machine learning makes him “uneasy.”

From Salon

Altman quickly snapped back into Silicon Valley’s eternal brand of sunshine, saying he feels OpenAI has a “good shot” at threading the needle between troubling dependence on machine learning and a useful tool.

From Salon

The use of machine learning to predict the weather has developed rapidly in recent months.

From BBC

"It could be transformational; it's super exciting," says Richard Turner, professor of machine learning at Cambridge University, who is one of the designers of the model.

From BBC

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