What Is Machine Learning

question 103

Multiple Choice

What is machine learning?

• A) Refers to a set of instructions that completes a task.
• B) A type of artificial intelligence that enables computers to both understand concepts in the environment, and also to learn.
• C) Machines can still make their own decisions based on reasoning and past sets of data.
• D) Refers to the field of artificial intelligence that works toward providing brainlike powers to AI machines; in effect, it works to make machines as intelligent as the humans.

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