Machine Learning uses statistical methods. It is rooted fairly firmly in maths. However, there seems to be somewhat of a rivalry between Statisticians and Machine Learning people.
Statisticians are mathematicians. Purists. They are concerned with things like model confirmation and population sampling. New approaches are expected to be accompanied by a proof.
Machine Learning people seem to be pragmatists. Their main concern is, "Are you making better predictions?" If the answer is "yes", then they're interested and open to new techniques.
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