Learn the 5 Applications of Machine Learning If this is the era of technologies that are going to change our world, then the technology that can be considered the jewel in the crown is Artificial Intelligence (AI). Indeed, AI is changing our lives like nothing before it. A subset of AI, namely Machine Learning, signals a paradigm shift in computing: traditionally, computers were expected to carry out the tasks we programmed them to. Now, through Machine Learning, machines could learn automatically, on their own, and be able to improvise on their functions, without being actually programmed to do so. This technology enables systems to ‘learn’, to carry out tasks all by themselves. They do this through a combination of data, examples and experience. Machine Learning primarily uses Python, Java and R, and also C++ and C to an extent. A look at some of the uses of Machine Learning will help us understand the value of this technology: • • • • •
Recognition of Images Improved search results Uses in Customer Support Recognizing Voice Video surveillance
1. Recognition of Digital Images: One of the foremost applications of Machine Learning is its ability to recognize images. In fact, AI is built on this premise. What Machine Learning does is to get down to the minutest measure, or pixel of the images, and throw up outputs. The use of this core feature of Machine Learning is that it helps businesses like ecommerce and also forensic sciences tremendously. 2. Improved search results: Needless to say, Machine Learning also enables search engines to return better search results, through which the customer gets what she is looking for. 3. Uses in Customer Support: Machine Learning also has enormous uses in customer support. Have you noticed the chatbot that appears when you visit most business websites, asking you how the website can be of help to you in finding information about the company or its products? It is Machine Learning that makes this happen.