What is artificial intelligence?
Artificial intelligence is the development of computer systems which can perform tasks that usually require human intelligence to complete.
Examples include:
- Speech recognition
- Translation
- Facial / image recognition
- Decision making
AI development is nothing new – as far back as 1997 IBM’s Deep Blue super computer beat chess master Gary Kasparov, but the systems that have been developed in the past have had very narrow and well defined parameters (each chess piece can only perform a very narrow set of moves and the objective of the game is very clear and never changes). Developing AI that can have a wider use is much more difficult.
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