The main emphasis is to give you a short and pedestrian introduction to the basic mathematics of machine learning methods. And why this could (or should) be of interest.

• Parts of the talk based on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Nuclear Physics, Amber Boehnlein et al., Reviews Modern of Physics 94, (2022)
• See also Predicting solid state material platforms for quantum technologies Oliver Lerstøl Hebnes et al, Nature Materials Communications, (2002).