Definition

1. Noun:
   • A branch of computer science: "Artificial intelligence" is the field of study and development focused on creating machines, software, or systems capable of performing tasks that typically require human intelligence.
   • The capability of a machine: It can also refer to the intelligent behavior demonstrated by machines or computer systems themselves.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The university has a strong research department focused on artificial intelligence.
  • Many modern applications, from voice assistants to recommendation engines, use some form of artificial intelligence.
  • The debate about the ethics of advanced artificial intelligence is ongoing.

Advanced Usage

• "Narrow AI" (or "Weak AI"): Refers to artificial intelligence systems designed and trained for a specific, limited task (e.g., playing chess, facial recognition).
  • The AI that recommends your next video is an example of narrow artificial intelligence.
• "General AI" (or "Strong AI"): A theoretical form of artificial intelligence that possesses the ability to understand, learn, and apply its intelligence to solve any problem, much like a human being.
  • Scientists are still far from achieving true general artificial intelligence.
• "AI-powered": Used as an adjective to describe a tool or service that uses artificial intelligence as its core functionality.
  • The company released an AI-powered translation tool.

Variants and Related Words

• AI (n): The common abbreviation for "artificial intelligence."
  • AI is transforming many industries.
• Machine Learning (n): A key subset and method of artificial intelligence where systems learn and improve from experience without being explicitly programmed for every task.
  • Machine learning algorithms are a fundamental part of modern artificial intelligence.

Synonyms

• Machine Intelligence: A less common synonym emphasizing the non-human nature of the intelligence.
• Cognitive Computing: A term sometimes used to describe systems that mimic human thought processes.

Related Phrases

• "The field of AI": A common way to refer to the academic and professional domain of artificial intelligence.
  • She has worked in the field of AI for a decade.
• "AI system" / "AI model": Refers to a specific implementation or instance of artificial intelligence.
  • The new AI model can generate realistic images from text descriptions.

Related Idioms/Concepts

• "The Turing Test": A famous concept and benchmark, proposed by Alan Turing, for determining whether a machine's intelligent behavior can be indistinguishable from that of a human. It is a foundational idea in the philosophy of artificial intelligence.
  • Some argue that passing the Turing Test is not the true goal of artificial intelligence.

Noun

1. the branch of computer science that deal with writing computer programs that can solve problems creatively
   • workers in AI hope to imitate or duplicate intelligence in computers and robots