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The Complete Guide to Machine Learning for Business Leaders

Machine Learning For Business Leaders Machine Learning has garnered a significant share of recent press coverage in both tech and main street media. It is inextricably intertwined with, and central to, discussion and dialogue on topics ranging from big data in general to Facebook’s threat to privacy, Boston Dynamics creepy robotics, and Google’s exploitation of artificial intelligence for good and ill. As such, it is easy to view machine learning as either sinister or magical — neither of which is true. For today’s business leader, an objective and actionable understanding of machine learning are as important as an actionable understanding of finance and financial management. Machine Learning is a subset of artificial intelligence, where computer algorithms are able to learn from data and modify their behavior accordingly. These algorithms have the ability to identify patterns in data that humans can’t see. Some commercial applications of Machine Learning include speech recognition,