machine learning

2.5 Why Machine Learning Works

Illustration depicting how Machine Learning algorithms find patterns in complex data sets

ML works because the world contains patterns.

Examples:

  • People who buy baby diapers also buy baby wipes
  • Customers who watch action movies also like thrillers
  • Spam emails share certain phrases
  • Fraud transactions have unusual patterns

Humans cannot identify millions of such patterns manually — ML can.

Machine Learning’s strength:

  • Detect patterns
  • Make accurate predictions
  • Automate decisions
  • Learn from new information

Why does Machine Learning work effectively?

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