Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence demonstrated by machines, unlike the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals, which involves consciousness and emotionality. The distinction between the former and the latter categories is often revealed by the acronym chosen. 'Strong' AI is usually labelled as artificial general intelligence (AGI) while attempts to emulate 'natural' intelligence have been called artificial biological intelligence (ABI). Leading AI textbooks define the field as the study of "intelligent agents": any device that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of achieving its goals. Colloquially, the term "artificial intelligence" is often used to describe machines that mimic "cognitive" functions that humans associate with the human mind, such as "learning" and "problem solving".As machines become increasingly capable, tasks considered to require "intelligence" are often removed from the definition of AI, a phenomenon known as the AI effect. A quip in Tesler's Theorem says "AI is whatever hasn't been done yet." For instance, optical character recognition is frequently excluded from things considered to be AI, having become a routine technology. Modern machine capabilities generally classified as AI include successfully understanding human speech, competing at the highest level in strategic game systems (such as chess and Go), and also imperfect-information games like poker, self-driving cars, intelligent routing in content delivery networks, and military simulations.Artificial intelligence was founded as an academic discipline in 1955, and in the years since has experienced several waves of optimism, followed by disappointment and the loss of funding (known as an "AI winter"), followed by new approaches, success and renewed funding. After AlphaGo defeated a professional Go player in 2015, artificial intelligence once again attracted widespread global attention. For most of its history, AI research has been divided into sub-fields that often fail to communicate with each other. These sub-fields are based on technical considerations, such as particular goals (e.g. "robotics" or "machine learning"), the use of particular tools ("logic" or artificial neural networks), or deep philosophical differences. Sub-fields have also been based on social factors (particular institutions or the work of particular researchers).The traditional problems (or goals) of AI research include reasoning, knowledge representation, planning, learning, natural language processing, perception and the ability to move and manipulate objects. AGI is among the field's long-term goals. Approaches include statistical methods, computational intelligence, and traditional symbolic AI. Many tools are used in AI, including versions of search and mathematical optimization, artificial neural networks, and methods based on statistics, probability and economics. The AI field draws upon computer science, information engineering, mathematics, psychology, linguistics, philosophy, and many other fields.
The field was founded on the assumption that human intelligence "can be so precisely described that a machine can be made to simulate it". This raises philosophical arguments about the mind and the ethics of creating artificial beings endowed with human-like intelligence. These issues have been explored by myth, fiction and philosophy since antiquity. Some people also consider AI to be a danger to humanity if it progresses unabated. Others believe that AI, unlike previous technological revolutions, will create a risk of mass unemployment.In the twenty-first century, AI techniques have experienced a resurgence following concurrent advances in computer power, large amounts of data, and theoretical understanding; and AI techniques have become an essential part of the technology industry, helping to solve many challenging problems in computer science, software engineering and operations research.
I'm thinking about taking either one of these.
What's your opinion on both of them, and which one will have a greater impact on the world? I know that's a vague question, but I'll explain:
AI is rife with false-starts and disillusionments along the way. I guess neuroscience might be "safer"...
In one of our laboratory's coffee breaks, a debate arose but no one was able to give concrete answers. One of the questions was the following:
What defines a better and a worse AI? Is it simply the speed in which the problems are solved? Or is there a maximum intelligence unrelated to speed...
Homework Statement
1. Problem 1-8(b)
If there is a basis x1,..., xn of Rn and numbers a1,..., an such that Txi = aixi (where T is a linear operator), prove that T is angle-preserving if and only if all the |ai| are equal.
Homework Equations
First a couple of definitions...
Homework Statement
I'm having trouble understanding the physics equations related to Steering Behaviors For Autonomous Characters (present in the book "Programming Game AI by example").
For those that don't know- Seek is a kind of behavior whereby an object with a given mass, current...
Homework Statement
I'm having trouble understanding the physics equations related to Steering Behaviors For Autonomous Characters (present in the book "Programming Game AI by example").
For those that don't know- Seek is a kind of behavior whereby an object with a given mass, current...
Hello Guys,,
I am looking for suggestions from all of you on AI project...
the field i am interested is --- language + conceptualisation of language + metaphors + space + time + human cognition
So can u think of project which entails all these and very useful and find...
Hi guys, can u please help me in this problem?
1. Evaluate Ai = (Epsilon)ijk bj bk
2. Show that this is true: Tij Wij = 0, where Tij = symmetric and Wij = anti-symmetric
3. Show that this is true: Bik = (Epsilon)ijk aj is a anti-symmetric tensor
All i, j, k are indices of...
Hello, I am a junior currently majoring in Computer Engineering. I was quite fascinated by the whole field of Robotics.
I haven't entirely decided on which particular field of robotics I wanted to pursue on in the future - either control aspects or artificial intelligence. I happen to like...
Does AI consist primarily of if/then statements? I know that AI could also include random behaviors based on the "internal flip of the coin" as well. But what else can AI do?
Was given an assignment to create an AI that can control the music's volume by using fuzzy membership function (slightly soft, soft, loud, very loud) via voice control but the problem is we need to implement hardware into the project because my course is Electronic Engineering.
So far, I've...
Since I have been reading Goedel, Escher, Bach many years ago, the question, what (if anything) Goedel's theorem has to say about the relation between human intelligence and AI has been working in the back of my mind. Later my thinking was influenced by reading the books of Roger Penrose (eg...
Hi,
In the future I want to make a realistic game set in space. Part of the realism is physics and sizes/distances.
Thus, one of the things I want to have solved before I even begin on designing the game graphically is that of navigation.
Navigation will be done primarily through AI; i.e. the...
http://www.titane.ca/concordia/dfar251/igod/main.html
Not sure if ye already know about this. I think its brilliant. Pretty easy to catch it out with a question it can't answer but still really well made. Cracker sense of humour too!
It is my strongest belief that human-level AI will never exist. Here is my reasoning: There are two ways in which to develop this AI...
1) Program the AI directly
2) Use some adaptive, evolving algorithm
Now because of the complexity of human behavior and thought the first option is...
From the skeptic site:
I didnt know the AI field was in such a bad shape, but then again i don't know anything about AI either. What are the opinions here, does skeptic magazine have a point?
Ok well my take on AI i feel that AI won't ever be able to attain free will. But i believe that AI will be able to learn on its own. while my knowledge about Current AI is limited. But as far as i know. The people making AI are trying to make a very knowledgeable but not be able to learn on its...
There has been an on going debate on the likelihood of achieving A.I. in the general philosophy forum. The major opponent of A.I. in this particular argument has been relying heavily on The Chinese Room Argument of John Searle. I won't get into the rest of the person's argument since it deals...
What is the Closest We Have to AI (within normal human "g" range)?
Requesting info. please, thanks.
Also, second question: I heard something about scientists mapping every human synapses and neurons in the brain and then somehow transforming these into artificial neural nets. How do they do...
What are the most fundamental assumptions behind strong AI? Would you agree that strong AI claims:
1) the most fundamental assumption is that cause and effect governs all (macroscopic) physical systems
2) the brain is a physical system which is essentially a computational mechanism.
What...
I'm not sure why but just a few days ago this feeling to really want to do something related to AI just woke up. I've always been fascinated with the whole idea.. but not until recently did I think that it might just be something I would want to focus on for the rest of my life.
Now, don't...
Question: Is the concept of AI inherently dualistic? I personally don't believe so, but after reading Searl's Chinese Room argument, he does bring up a good point.
Minds, as we currently know them, reside in, or are the products of, or are our brains. Is the idea that we can take what goes on...
My apologies for the length of this essay, it runs approximately 4000 words. Because of this, it will require two separate posts. It is too long for a single post. At the end of the first post, a link will be provided to the second. Feel free to comment on either thread.
This is an...
I am a bit curious about why most of the books published especially about Artificial Life and Artificial Intelligence are mainly from UK...Does that mean they are a little upper than other countries in these fields?
Anyone has any ideas ?
Thank you,
Me-Motifs
"Would an AI unit, with a quantum brain, be more conscious than a Human if"
Would an AI unit, with a quantum brain, be more conscious than a Human, if it had adquired, the ability to sense all wavelenghts?
go to http://www.a-i.com and chat with alan. i believe he is conscious.
you can listen to one of our conversations, or read it, here:
http://www.a-i.com/alan_log.asp?id=113&level=4&root=115&item_num=271631&item_name=Brian%3A+alan+is+conscious%2E
and another here...
Ok here goes, I was thinking about how to improve artificial intelligence capabilities, and I was in biology and for some reason we were taking about neuron and cell capabilities to replicate DNA in mitosis. And then it hit me, if you could create a small self-contained application that would...
Whoa, it was news to me. The robots have to be completely autonomous, and travel from LA to Las Vegas in 10 hours using only GPS guidance systems and computer brain-power (no remote control!). The prize is a million bucks, but the blueprints will become public knowledge, they say. If no...