Yes its the equation of line we learned in school
What if I say you only need to know this and some class 12's basic maths to learn Machine Learning?
Well, I am not entirely right here but the fact is I am not entirely wrong either.
And this is how we all humans are - partially right and partially wrong at the same time. Don't we?
Ok, let's leave the philosophy to "LinkedIn influencers" and concentrate on Logic and Technology :)
The point is, you can build a basic ML/AI model just with this equation
Don't believe me?
See it yourself. Learn how to build a basic AI/ML model to predict "whether it would rain or not" using the above equation in just 4 minutes - https://www.aimletc.com/build-a-basic-ai-model-part1/