Data Mining vs. Machine Learning: What’s The Difference?
Data mining isn’t a new invention that came with the digital age. The concept has been around for over a century but came into greater public focus in the 1930s. According to Hacker Bits, one of the first modern moments of data mining occurred in 1936 when Alan Turing introduced the idea of a universal machine that could perform computations similar to those of modern-day computers. Forbes also reported on Turing’s development of the “Turing Test” in 1950 to determine if a computer has real intelligence or not. To pass his test, a computer needed to fool a human into believing it was also human. Just two years later, Arthur Samuel created The Samuel Checkers-playing Program that appears to be the world’s first self-learning program. It miraculously learned as it played and got better at winning by studying the best moves. We’ve come a long way since then. Businesses are now harnessing data mining and machine learning to improve everything from their sales processe...