Algorithms are a series of steps that, when combined, form the basis of a computer program. A flowchart is a visual representation of the algorithm. When computer programmers work on building code ...

Because of this, the boundaries of AI can get really confusing, and the term often gets mangled to include any kind of algorithm or computer program ... I drew you this flowchart on the back ...

(For more background, check out our first flowchart on "What is AI?" here.) Machine-learning algorithms use statistics ... basis of Google’s AlphaGo, the program that famously beat the best ...