The Interaction Hour: Demystifying Machine Learning

Machine learning. It’s a term often used, but not always understood in the world of technology. Every day, new innovations, products and capabilities are introduced and adopted by people all over the world, but there’s a bit of a disconnect between researcher and consumer. How is a system trained? Why does it make certain decisions under certain conditions? What kind of reasoning goes into its decision making, and how can we trust that its choice is informed, objective and, ultimately, correct?