Introduction to Machine Learning

In this lesson, we will introduce Machine Learning. We will explain what ML is, how it differs from traditional programming, and the basic ideas of model, feature, target, training data, prediction, and real business applications. ## Lesson objective In this lesson, we will introduce Machine Learning. Machine Learning, or ML, is a technology that learns patterns from data and uses those patterns to create predictions or decision support. In simple form: In traditional programming, a person writes the rules manually. In Machine Learning, the model learns the rules from data. For example, first think about this: This is a manual rule.