There’s never any shortage of buzzwords in the IT world, but when it comes to A.I., they can be hard to tell apart. There’s artificial intelligence, but then there’s also machine intelligence. There’s machine learning, but there’s also deep learning. What’s the difference? Here are five things you need to understand.

1. A.I. is basically an umbrella term for it all

Artificial intelligence refers to “a broad set of methods, algorithms and technologies that make software ‘smart’ in a way that may seem human-like to an outside observer,” said Lynne Parker, director of the division of Information and Intelligent Systems for the National Science Foundation.

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