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INTRODUCTION

WHAT IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the ability of an artificial mechanism to exhibit intelligent behavior. While research in all aspects of AI is vigorous, there is concern that both the progress and expectations of AI have been overstated. AI programs are primitive when compared to the kinds of intuitive reasoning and induction of which the human brain is capable. AI has shown great promise in the area of knowledge based expert programs which, although powerful when answering questions within a specific domain, are nevertheless incapable of any type of adaptable or truly intelligent, reasoning. Examples of artificially inteligent systems include computer programs that perform medical diagnoses, mineral prospecting, legal reasoning, speech understanding, vision interpretation, natural language processing, problem solving, and learning. Most of these systems are far from being perfected. However, most have proven valuable practical applications.

 

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