Machine-learning algorithms are responsible for the vast majority of the artificial intelligence advancements and applications you hear about. (For more background, check out our first flowchart ...

Machine-learning algorithms find and apply patterns in data. ... To clear things up, I drew you this flowchart on the back of an envelope so you can work out whether something is using AI or not.

In an article on Domingos’ Master Algorithm, Slate’s David Auerbach notes that “even within computer science, machine learning is notably opaque.” But it’s also increasingly central to ...