Machine Learning 

1. An Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithm that proposes solutions to a problem after learning from several trial and error attempts.
2. A term that students use at hackathons to sound smart, especially when they actually have no idea what it means.

Example (from a 2011 Hackathon):
C++ Code:
int main()
{

cout<<"Enter your name";

cin >> name;

cout << "Hello, Brian!";
}
Brian: We used machine learning to greets the user, by learning their name.
*Brian won 4th place at the hackathon*

Machine Learning by Wammybarnut March 18, 2015

Fat Chick Machine Learning 

An add-on feature that removes overweight women from the feeds men who use dating apps. The program cross-references a database of more than 1 billion pictures of different women's silhouettes in real-time to remove any profiles outside of your parameters.

Person 1 - Have you downloaded that Fat Chick Machine Learning algorithm yet?
Person 2 - Ya man! 80% of my swipes are on dime pieces. My ratios are through the roof.

Fat Chick Machine Learning by iMonkeyBIZ February 9, 2020

Creative Machine Learning

A paradigm of machine learning focused not on prediction or optimization but on creativity—generating novel solutions, designs, and ideas. Creative Machine Learning would combine the pattern-finding power of ML with mechanisms for genuine novelty: generative models that don't just reproduce distribution but expand it; optimization that seeks not just efficiency but interestingness; systems that learn not just from data but from the space of what could be. The frontier where ML stops optimizing and starts originating.

"Standard ML optimized my supply chain for cost. Creative ML looked at the same problem and invented a whole new distribution model that nobody had thought of—not just cheaper, but different. Creative Machine Learning doesn't just solve problems; it reimagines what the problems are."

Creative Machine Learning by Nammugal March 4, 2026