Traditional Programming and Machine Learning

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Hover over the text in each shape to learn how that piece fits in to the two styles of computing

Traditional Programming

Machine Learning

Program

Data

1. Data is given to the computer.
2. Output, or the correct answer, is given to the computer.
3. The computer creates algorithms.
4. The algorithm makes predictions for how to get the desired output from the input provided.

Data

Output

1. A program is given to the computer.
2. Data is given to the computer.
3. The rules given in the program are applied to the data.
4. The result of the rules applied to that data is the output.

Computer

Computer

Output

Algorithm