Algorithms and flowcharts are two tools a software developer uses when creating new programs. ... This is precisely the way an algorithm is assembled, except using code instead of a kitchen.

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. This originally appeared in our AI newsletter The Algorithm.

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 ...