Artificial intelligence (nonfiction)

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence exhibited by machines.

It is also the name of the academic field of study which studies how to create computers and computer software that are capable of intelligent behavior.

Description

Major AI researchers and textbooks define this field as "the study and design of intelligent agents", in which an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chances of success.

John McCarthy, who coined the term in 1955, defines it as "the science and engineering of making intelligent machines".

Some subfields focus on the solution of specific problems. Others focus on one of several possible approaches or on the use of a particular tool or towards the accomplishment of particular applications.

Ethical concerns

HAL 9000 went insane and killed people.

Artificial intelligence has been the subject of tremendous optimism.

• But AI has also suffered stunning setbacks.

Artificial intelligence has been the subject of fear (see, for example: HAL 9000, Y2K, The Matrix).

• But these fears are not matched by actual experience.

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Computer science (nonfiction)
• Three is the Color of My True Love's Hair (nonfiction)

Fiction cross-reference

• Catch phrase - a predatory (nonfiction) artificial intelligence
• Gnomon algorithm
• Karl Jones
• Mathematics
• Napolean Bonaparte
• Three is the Color of My True Love's Hair
• Three is the Color of My True Love's Hair (analysis)

External links

General

• Artificial intelligence @ Wikipedia
• Artificial intelligence @ Wikipedia

News

• How sports and movie commentaries can speed up the development of artificial intelligence