So we've talked a lot in this series about how computers fetch and display data, but how do they make decisions on this data? From spam filters and self-driving cars, to cutting edge medical...
========== Hi, I’m Carrie Anne, and welcome to Crash
Course Computer Science! As we’ve touched on many times in this series,
computers are incredible at storing, organizing, fetching and processing huge volumes of data. That’s perfect for things like e-commerce
websites with millions of items for sale, and for storing billions of health records
for quick access by doctors. But what if we want to use computers not just
to fetch and display data, but to actually make decisions about data? This is the essence of machine learning – algorithms
that give computers the ability to learn from data, and then make predictions and decisions. Computer programs with this ability are extremely
useful in answering questions like Is an email spam? Does a person’s heart hav...