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What is Artificial Intelligence?

Artificial Intelligence or AI seeks to simulate or imitate human intelligence, such as reasoning and learning, by using computer science and computer systems. Computers are far more efficient than people in storing information, solving complex numerical problems and doing large-scale repetitive tasks. Prior to the advent of AI technology, people would program into the computer solutions to problems and instructions on how to solve them. AI software gives the computer an information base including facts, comparisons, methods, procedures and other thinking tools. It then gives the computer interaction functions to arrange the material such as searching, comparing, patterning and matching techniques, and the computer reaches its own solution based on the facts – similar to the way human intelligence would solve a problem.

What was the Original Purpose of AI?

The original focus of AI was the incorporation of human information processing and problem-solving skills into computer systems, which led to advances in problem-solving technologies in many fields including industry, medicine, military and science. This culminated in 1980 with applications such as the expert system that contains specialized knowledge of a particular field such as medicine, finance or law. These systems were able to simulate the information and use reasoning to solve problems and draw conclusions. Systems today have become more sophisticated using methods such as expert systems that take a data base of a particular field and use reasoning models built to deal with uncertainty and incomplete knowledge to the point where the program can function as an assistant to the programmer.

How is Artificial Intelligence Used Today?

AI applications today are found in the day-to-day finance and management area. For instance, on the personal side, there are programs that can keep track of a stock portfolio, making automatic adjustments in positions, executing smart trades and other strategic decisions. Financial institutions use AI systems that learn customer banking and other transaction patterns to detect unusual activity automatically that would lead to the detection of fraud. Other areas of use are ordering groceries and household goods based on patterns of behavior as well as bill paying. AI has been involved for some time in various forms of robotics. A more recent and sophisticated application is the smart car. AI programming can calibrate the running of the car from the optimum inner environment to figuring which service station in the area has the best service.

AI is finding its way into the medical field with systems that can diagnose and treat disorders and diseases. Drug and other medical research is being assisted by AI. Manufacturing and industry use AI for automatic operations such as scheduling, property management and factory operations. AI systems are used internally for configuring software and hardware, organizing and ordering information from the Internet and sophisticated computer systems that perform operations to handle large bodies of information.

AI today utilizes systems to make its own development more user friendly, such as natural language processing, using everyday language as communication and interaction with the programs. The sophistication of today’s AI is made possible by technological systems used as AI tools that try to mimic human reasoning and mind function in their particular applications. Systems such as neural networks recognize patterns in data to predict outcomes. Mobile agent systems create agents in the software that can utilize the Internet to perform functions that would reflect an action such as purchasing a consumer item, processing many variables that will result in the most optimal choice for purchase. Other systems are being utilized through models simulation and logic to approximate human analysis and decision.

Resources about Artificial Intelligence

This article for the layman answers basic questions about artificial intelligence. The opinions expressed here are not all consensus opinion among researchers in AI.

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