A model that learns to sort inputs into the right labels.
It is like a school judge at a talent show. It picks “sing” or “dance.” It does not need to stage the whole show.
It spots spam emails and sorts photos. Its job is picking the right group.
Generative Model
It sorts labels. A Generative Model also learns the full data pattern.
Classification
Classification is a common job for this model.
Supervised Learning
It often learns from examples with labels.