Learning algorithms try to predict what will happen in the future with patterns

from the past. These predictions can be obvious: for example, if the sun rose for
the past 10,000 days, it will probably rise again. These predictions can also be
more complex. An example of a complex prediction is facial recognition (knowing who
someone is by looking at face).

Machine learning programs can do things that is hasn't been told to do by a

programmer. Machine learning programs will be shown some patterns. These patterns
will be an input (such as a question) and an output (the answer to the question).
Then, the machine learning program will predict the output based on the input.
Machine learning isn't always necessary. Computers can do simple tasks by being
told instructions. However, sometimes there are a lot of things that control the
output. Then, it is hard for a human to tell the computer all of the instructions.
It is sometimes easier to tell the computer how to teach itself.[13]

There are a lot of different ways to tell the computer to teach itself. When a
problem has a lot of answers, different answers can be marked as valid. This is
used to form data that the computer is trained with. One example of training data
is the MNIST data. The MNIST data has images of handwritten numbers. The computer
can learn to identify handwritten numbers using the MNIST data.

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