Artificial Intelligence
Uploaded by joe20 on Apr 23, 2004
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a term that in its broadest sense would indicate the ability of an artifact to perform the same kind of functions that characterize human thought (Encarta). Is artificial intelligence used in companies and everyday people? Also how does A.I. help you? Where is A.I. headed? Are a few questions I will answer for you.
Artificial Intelligence is a fairly new subject. “The term ‘Artificial Intelligence’ was first coined in 1956 by an influential figure in the field, John McCarthy.”(BBCI). McCarthy brought together researchers interested in neural networks and the study of intelligence and was known for “laying the groundwork for the future of A.I. research.”(BBCI).
As the years pasted A.I. has become more and more a reality. In the 1997, “in a landmark match, the chess system Deep Blue defeated Gary Kasparov, the world’s human chess champion for the previous twelve years.”(Leake, 2002). Although this was a great achievement it is much more difficult to make a computer do things that we take for granite like “seeing is not just a matter of recognizing patters in visual images, but involves making sense of the environment, including understanding all the many ways it can help or hinder us. Similarly, the ability to understand and use a natural language, like English, or Urdu, turned out to be far more ...