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Technology

A Talk on Machine Learning

and

Artificial Intelligence

The term “artificial intelligence” may sound
intimidating to some, but it has been in use
for decades and its applications are more
common than we might imagine.There are
so many amazing ways artificial intelligence
and machine learning are used behind the
scenes to impact our everyday lives. Er.
Hareendralal (IEEE) introduced the speaker
Geethanjali Krishna, a research Scholar from
Standford University, US who delivered a talk
on machine learning and artificial intelligence
at Vakkom Moulavi Foundation Trust on 25th
November 2019.

She discussed the differences of machine
learning and artificial intelligence and explained
the applications and advantages. Artificial
intelligence (AI) is a bigger concept to create
intelligent machines especially computer
systems that can stimulate human thinking
capability and behavior. But machine learning
is an application or subset of AI that allows
machines to learn from data without being Also explained about word embedding,
programmed explicitly. Specific applications normalization, stop word filtering, text
of AI include expert systems, natural language classification as sentiment analysis or spam
processing (NLP), speech recognition and filtering. It was an opportunity for students
machine vision. Among these elements, the to understand the classification, collection
most difficult is Natural Language Processing and retrieval of data which enables the
(NLP). It is the ability of a computer program to machine learning and artificial intelligence.
understand human language as it is spoken. Engineering students and faculties from
She cited the advantages of AI that it would various colleges attended the programme.
have a low error rate compared to humans, Er. A. Suhair (Chairman, Vakkom Moulavi
if coded properly. They have incredible Foundation Trust) expressed vote of thanks.
precision, accuracy, and speed. They won’t The speaker was presented a memento by
be affected by hostile environments, thus Prof. P. S. Chandramohanan Nair.
able to complete dangerous tasks, explore in
space, and endure problems that would injure
or kill us.
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