Algorithms and flowcharts are two tools a software developer uses when creating new programs. An algorithm is a step-by-step recipe for processing data; ...

Using flowcharts to represent algorithms. A flowchart is a visual representation of an algorithm’s control flow. This representation illustrates statements that need to be executed, ...

Machine-learning algorithms are responsible for the vast majority of the artificial intelligence advancements and applications you hear about. (For more background, check out our first flowchart ...

Designing an algorithm using flowcharts has several benefits: It is easy to see how a program flows. For example, where does following one path, as opposed to another, take the program?

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.

In an article on Domingos’ Master Algorithm, Slate’s David Auerbach notes that “even within computer science, machine learning is notably opaque.” But it’s also increasingly central to ...