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

Neil Lawrence is a professor of machine learning at Cambridge University.

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Last year, artificial intelligence pioneers John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton won the physics prize for helping create the building blocks of machine learning.

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Often, though, companies seem to hold out for dream candidates with deep backgrounds in machine learning.

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But when I spoke with Valenzuela recently, his company was advertising base salaries of up to $440,000 for an engineering manager and $490,000 for a director of machine learning.

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Robinson is increasingly using machine learning and generative artificial intelligence to automate tasks and to speed up response times while keeping hiring to a minimum.

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