The Power of Machine Learning

Machine learning (ML) has evolved from a niche academic field to a driving force of technological innovation. At its core, ML is about creating algorithms that allow computers to learn from data without being explicitly programmed. This simple concept has profound implications. From recommending your next movie on Netflix to powering the facial recognition on your phone, ML is already deeply integrated into our daily lives. The two main paradigms are supervised learning, where the algorithm learns from labeled data (e.g., images of cats labeled "cat"), and unsupervised learning, where it finds patterns in unlabeled data.