Core AI ideas

Unsupervised learning

Definition

Training with unlabeled data so the model discovers patterns or groups on its own.

AI Word Bank · Illustrated definition

Visual example

Unsupervised learning: a chef sorts ingredients in an unlabeled pantry without answer cards.

Unlabeled pantry = unsupervised learning

A kitchen example of unsupervised learning: sorting a pantry without labels.

The kitchen connection

Think of sorting a pantry without labels.

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01 · Who or what
Unlabeled pantry = unsupervised learning
02 · What happens
Sorts ingredients without answer cards
03 · The result
Discovers hidden groups

Why it matters

It reveals groups and patterns when people have not labeled the data.