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The Difference Between AI and Machine Learning

The business world is overloaded with buzz terms like artificial intelligence, machine learning, AI transformation, deep learning, and data science. We know that these fields, technologies, and tools are changing the competitive landscape across verticals and are soon to become more table stakes and foundational than disruptive. However, people can know they’re important while not even knowing what they really mean. I’d forgive you for your confusion because these words are overloaded and they’re not even used consistently. My goal here is to dispel any confusion by demystifying these terms: What are artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science? Where do they intersect? Where do they diverge? Read on to find out.

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Hugo Bowne-Anderson

Hugo Bowne-Anderson

Data Scientist

Hugo is a data scientist, educator, writer and podcaster at DataCamp. His main interests are promoting data & AI literacy, helping to spread data skills through organizations and society and doing amateur stand up comedy in NYC.

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