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 ...

(For more background, check out our first flowchart on "What is AI?" here.) Machine-learning algorithms use statistics ... deliver a final result in the form of the prediction.

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.