Explaining AI and Machine learning in the easiest way possible
I want you to answer the following question.
2,1,3
3,3,6
4,5,9
5,2,7
Based on the above data answer the following:
3,2,?
I am sure many of you have guessed it right. Yes, the answer is 5. What happened here is, we saw the pattern in previously given data — the third number is the sum of the first two numbers. But if you see in question I never mentioned that the answer is the sum of two first numbers. Similarly, if you want the same answer from a simple calculator what would you do? You obviously would input operands (which are 3 and 2 in this case) and an operator (+). Note that, you should explicitly tell your machine that you should add those numbers. That’s why it is a non-intelligent or a dumb machine.
But we answered it correctly because our brain is naturally intelligent. We trained our minds in those six datasets, found a pattern, and finally predicted. This is called natural intelligence. If we want our machine to be as intelligent as our mind, we call it Artificial Intelligence. And if the machine does a specific task (here found out the third missing number) without being explicitly programmed then it called Machine learning.
One might argue if we give the same question to a child they might not get the right answer. So, is the brain of a child is not intelligent? The child might not be able to give the answer to this particular question, but they surely have the ability to learn from you. They can solve problems of low complexity. The complexity of what we can learn is progressive. It gets better over time.
