A Note on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics

Abstract

Now that data science receives a lot of attention, the three disciplines of data analysis, databases, and sciences are discussed with respect to the roles they play. In several discussions, I observed misunderstandings of Artificial Intelligence. Hence, it might be the right time to give a personal view of AI and the part of machine learning therein. Since the relation between machine learning and statistics is so close that sometimes the boundaries are blurred, explicit pointers to statistical research are made. Although not at all complete, the references are intended to support further interdisciplinary understanding of the fields.