Training a PowerPoint AI to Play Tic Tac Toe

How does machine learning actually work? Is it something set aside from us mere mortals, only for the maths nerds with super-computers? Using basic concepts we will go through how common machine learning algorithms work from first principles. If someone were mad enough, they could even apply these basic concepts to build an Artificial Intelligence out of, say, a Microsoft PowerPoint... But no one in their right mind would be crazy enough to do that. Right? Based on the Matchbox Educable Noughts And Crosses Engine (MENACE) built by Donald Michie in 1961, this talk strips the complexity and mystery from the black box that is machine learning: Proving that even a PowerPoint (mixed with a few lonely nights and almost 2,000 slides) can be taught the best opening moves of Tic Tac Toe. Finally, a truly no-code solution for machine learning enthusiasts. No prior knowledge of Machine Learning, AI, or data science is needed.