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How does artificial intelligence learn? - Briana Brownell

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Today, artificial intelligence helps doctors diagnose patients, pilots fly commercial aircraft, and city planners predict traffic. These AIs are often self-taught, working off a simple set of instructions to create a unique array of rules and strategies. So how exactly does a machine learn? Briana Brownell digs into the three basic ways machines investigate, negotiate, and communicate.

What is the advantage of using machine learning over rules-based methods for doing tasks like classifying types of fruit?

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Meet The Creators

  • Educator Briana Brownell
  • Director Champ Panupong Techawongthawon
  • Narrator Safia Elhillo
  • Music Ambrose Yu
  • Sound Designer Ambrose Yu
  • Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
  • Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
  • Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
  • Editorial Producer Dan Kwartler
  • Script Editor Eleanor Nelsen , Alex Gendler
  • Fact-Checker Eden Girma

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