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What Is Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to simulating human intelligence through machine learning and problem solving. The goals of AI include learning, reasoning, and perception. AI is applied across industries like healthcare, transport, and finance. Weak AI focuses on single tasks, like chess games, while strong AI aims to solve complex human-like problems, such as self-driving cars. As technology advances, the capabilities and applications of AI continue to evolve and expand.

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What Is Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to simulating human intelligence through machine learning and problem solving. The goals of AI include learning, reasoning, and perception. AI is applied across industries like healthcare, transport, and finance. Weak AI focuses on single tasks, like chess games, while strong AI aims to solve complex human-like problems, such as self-driving cars. As technology advances, the capabilities and applications of AI continue to evolve and expand.

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What Is Artificial Intelligence (AI)?

Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence in machines that are
programmed to think like humans and mimic their actions. The term may also be applied to any machine
that exhibits traits associated with a human mind such as learning and problem-solving.

The ideal characteristic of artificial intelligence is its ability to rationalize and take actions that have the
best chance of achieving a specific goal.

Understanding Artificial Intelligence

When most people hear the term artificial intelligence, the first thing they usually think of is robots.
That's because big-budget films and novels weave stories about human-like machines that wreak havoc
on Earth. But nothing could be further from the truth.

Artificial intelligence is based on the principle that human intelligence can be defined in a way that a
machine can easily mimic it and execute tasks, from the most simple to those that are even more
complex. The goals of artificial intelligence include learning, reasoning, and perception.

As technology advances, previous benchmarks that defined artificial intelligence become outdated. For
example, machines that calculate basic functions or recognize text through optimal character
recognition are no longer considered to embody artificial intelligence, since this function is now taken
for granted as an inherent computer function.

AI is continuously evolving to benefit many different industries. Machines are wired using a cross-
disciplinary approach based in mathematics, computer science, linguistics, psychology, and more.

Algorithms often play a very important part in the structure of artificial intelligence, where simple
algorithms are used in simple applications, while more complex ones help frame strong artificial
intelligence.
Applications of Artificial Intelligence

The applications for artificial intelligence are endless. The technology can be applied to many different
sectors and industries. AI is being tested and used in the healthcare industry for dosing drugs and
different treatment in patients, and for surgical procedures in the operating room.

Other examples of machines with artificial intelligence include computers that play chess and self-
driving cars. Each of these machines must weigh the consequences of any action they take, as each
action will impact the end result. In chess, the end result is winning the game. For self-driving cars, the
computer system must account for all external data and compute it to act in a way that prevents a
collision.

Artificial intelligence also has applications in the financial industry, where it is used to detect and flag
activity in banking and finance such as unusual debit card usage and large account deposits—all of which
help a bank's fraud department. Applications for AI are also being used to help streamline and make
trading easier. This is done by making supply, demand, and pricing of securities easier to estimate.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Artificial intelligence refers to the simulation of human intelligence in machines.

The goals of artificial intelligence include learning, reasoning, and perception.

AI is being used across different industries including finance and healthcare.

Weak AI tends to be simple and single-task oriented, while strong AI carries on tasks that are more
complex and human-like.

Categorization of Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be divided into two different categories: weak and strong. Weak artificial
intelligence embodies a system designed to carry out one particular job. Weak AI systems include video
games such as the chess example from above and personal assistants such as Amazon's Alexa and
Apple's Siri. You ask the assistant a question, it answers it for you.

Strong artificial intelligence systems are systems that carry on the tasks considered to be human-like.
These tend to be more complex and complicated systems. They are programmed to handle situations in
which they may be required to problem solve without having a person intervene. These kinds of systems
can be found in applications like self-driving cars or in hospital operating rooms.

Special Considerations

Since its beginning, artificial intelligence has come under scrutiny from scientists and the public alike.
One common theme is the idea that machines will become so highly developed that humans will not be
able to keep up and they will take off on their own, redesigning themselves at an exponential rate.

Another is that machines can hack into people's privacy and even be weaponized. Other arguments
debate the ethics of artificial intelligence and whether intelligent systems such as robots should be
treated with the same rights as humans.

Self-driving cars have been fairly controversial as their machines tend to be designed for the lowest
possible risk and the least casualties. If presented with a scenario of colliding with one person or another
at the same time, these cars would calculate the option that would cause the least amount of damage.

Another contentious issue many people have with artificial intelligence is how it may affect human
employment. With many industries looking to automate certain jobs through the use of intelligent
machinery, there is a concern that people would be pushed out of the workforce. Self-driving cars may
remove the need for taxis and car-share programs, while manufacturers may easily replace human labor
with machines, making people's skills more obsolete.

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