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AI, machine learning and deep learning
Section 1 · Module 1 · What AI is and why it matters · 14 min
Three nested ideas
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) — the broad goal of getting machines to perform tasks that normally need human intelligence.
- Machine Learning (ML) — a subset of AI where systems *learn patterns from data* rather than being explicitly programmed with rules.
- Deep Learning — a subset of ML using multi-layered *neural networks*, behind modern breakthroughs in vision and language.
The key shift ML brings: instead of writing rules ("if temperature > 38 then fever"), you show the system many examples and it learns the rule itself. This makes it powerful wherever rules are too complex to write by hand.
That is one lesson of 15
Certificate in AI & Machine Learning (Foundational) runs to 15 lessons across 5 sections, and ends in an assessed, dated certificate you can have verified by anyone.