Artificial Intelligence Questions

Plain-language answers to how AI, machine learning, and the models behind today's tools actually work.

• What is the difference between AI, machine learning, and deep learning?
  AI is the broad goal of making machines act intelligently; machine learning is a subset that learns patterns from data; …
• What is a neural network?
  A neural network is a machine learning model loosely inspired by the brain, made of layers of connected "neurons" that a…
• What is the difference between supervised and unsupervised learning?
  Supervised learning trains a model on labeled examples with known correct answers, while unsupervised learning finds pat…
• What is natural language processing?
  Natural language processing (NLP) is the field of AI focused on enabling computers to understand, interpret, and generat…
• What is overfitting in machine learning?
  Overfitting happens when a model learns the training data too specifically — including its noise and quirks — and perfor…