{"slug": "introduction-to-machine-learning-ml-introduction-series-part1", "title": "Introduction to Machine Learning, ML Introduction Series Part1", "summary": "Arthur Samuel's 1959 definition of machine learning as giving computers the ability to learn without explicit programming is explained, contrasting classic algorithms with ML approaches that learn from data. The spam filter example illustrates how ML models are built from input-output pairs.", "body_md": "Member-only story\n\n# Introduction to Machine Learning, ML Introduction Series Part1\n\n**Overview of Human Learning & Machine Learning**\n\nA general definition of Machine Learning is:\n\n“Machine learning is the field of study that gives computers the ability to learn without being explicitly programmed.”\n\n— *Arthur Samuel, 1959*\n\nSo, Machine Learning is the science (and art) of programming computers so they can learn from data.\n\nTo understand this concept, let us look at how a programmatic solution(Classic Algorithm) differs from a machine learning solution.\n\nIn the Classic approach, we write the program on a computer and provide input to it. Then the program runs and produces an output.\n\nIn the ML approach, we feed the data and an example of output (Input-Output pairs in the form of a Dataset) into the computer. Here, the programmer does not need to write the program(or very little program); rather, the computer itself learns from the given input-output pairs and returns the program/model.\n\n**Example: Spam Filter**\n\nIf you want to build an ML algorithm to detect whether an email is spam or ham (not spam), you have to provide some existing examples of spam and ham emails.\n\n**Input:** Emails**Output:** Whether the mail is spam or ham\n\nBy learning from these input-outputs, a model will be developed that will…", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/introduction-to-machine-learning-ml-introduction-series-part1", "canonical_source": "https://blog.stackademic.com/introduction-to-machine-learning-ml-introduction-series-part1-53a1e19463d4?source=rss----d1baaa8417a4---4", "published_at": "2026-07-06 14:33:01+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-07 00:56:54.243470+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["machine-learning"], "entities": ["Arthur Samuel"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/introduction-to-machine-learning-ml-introduction-series-part1", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/introduction-to-machine-learning-ml-introduction-series-part1.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/introduction-to-machine-learning-ml-introduction-series-part1.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/introduction-to-machine-learning-ml-introduction-series-part1.jsonld"}}