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We’re living in the Information Age, which definitely has its perks: We have so many options to connect. These include computers and smartphones, to the now-developing internet of things. While we as a society continue to advance, new concepts and ideas emerge. Today, I want to focus on two of these innovative concepts: artificial intelligence or AI and machine learning.

I find that the names of these two concepts are often used interchangeably; however, they are very different from each other at their core. To begin, let's define them.

Artificial intelligence: intelligence manifested by machines.

Machine learning: the automation of learning by machines without explicit instruction.

Artificial intelligence refers to the overall intelligence of a machine. Machine learning, on the other hand, refers to the learning process which makes the machine intelligent.

The two types of machine learning are supervised and unsupervised.