1 What is machine learning?

It is common sense, except done by a computer

1.1.1   I am super happy to join you in your learning journey!

Welcome to this book! I’m super happy to be joining you in this journey through understanding machine learning.  At a high level, machine learning is a process in which the computer solves problems and makes decisions in a similar way that humans do.

In this book, I want to bring one message to you, and it is: Machine learning is easy! You do not need to have a heavy math knowledge or a heavy programming background to understand it. What you need is common sense, a good visual intuition, and a desire to learn and to apply these methods to anything that you are passionate about and where you want to make an improvement in the world. I’ve had an absolute blast writing this book, as I love understanding these topics more and more, and I hope you have a blast reading it and diving deep into machine learning!

1.1.2   Machine learning is everywhere, and you can do it.

1.2   Why this book?

1.2.1   We play the music of machine learning; the formulas and code come later.

1.3   Is machine learning hard?

1.4   But what exactly is machine learning?

1.4.1   Not a huge fan of formulas? You are in the right place

1.4.2   What is the difference between artificial intelligence and machine learning?

1.4.3   What about deep learning?

1.5   Humans use the remember-formulate-predict framework to make decisions (and so can machines!)

1.5.1   How do humans think?

1.5.2   How do machines think?

1.6   What is this book about?

1.7   Summary